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Most of the following photographs were taken on three-week, April visits to Maui. A few were taken on a month-long cruise through Polynesia in October-November, 2010. For bird photography on Maui, we had four favorite spots: (1) the balcony of our condominium, (2) the neighborhood above Launiupoko Beach Park, (3)Kanaha Pond, and (4)Hosmer Grove. The condominium that we rented for many years was a second-floor unit at the ocean's edge. Looking almost straight down from the left end of the balcony, the edge of the water was about thirty feet away. From that balcony we saw turtles, whales, dolphins, manta rays, sharks, a hauled-out Monk Seal, and many birds. The location was Kahana, north of Kaanapali, south of Kapalua. Launiupoko Beach Park is between Lahaina and Olowalu. Kanaha Pond is very close to the Maui airport at Kahului. Hosmer Grove is just beyond the entry station to Haleakala National Park.

 

 

White Tern
Fanning Island, Kiribati, October 2010

Brown Noddies
Raiatea Island
French Polynesia
October 2010

Black Noddy (1)
from Kahana balcony
April 2009

Black Noddy (2)
Kahana, Maui
April 2009

Great Crested Tern
Tahiti, October 2010

Juvenile Masked Booby
Christmas Island, Kiribati
October 2010

 
 

Red-footed Booby at sea
North 21 deg 46 min, West 123 deg 35 min

Red-footed Booby (white morph)
Off shore, Kaui, HI
October 2010

Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Christmas Island, Kiribati
October 2010

Great Frigatebird (female)
Kilauea Light, Kaui, HI
October 2010

Cattle Egret
from Kahana Balcony
April 2011

Black-crowned Night Heron
Kanaha Pond, April 2005

 
 

Sanderling
Kanaha Pond
April 2005

Ruddy Turnstone
Kanaha Pond
April 2005

Wandering Tattler
Kanaha Pond
April 2012

Hawaiian Stilt
Kanaha Pond
April 2005

Pacific Golden Plover
Kapalua,Maui, HI
April 2005

Hawaiian Coot
Kanaha Pond
April 2005

 
 

Chukars
Haleakala Nat'l Park
April 2008

Gray Francolin
Launiupoco
April 2009

Black Francolin
Launiupoco
April 2011

Red Jungle Fowl
Kaumahina State Wayside
Maui, HI
April 2008

Zebra Doves
Launiupoco
April 2010

Spotted Dove
Launiupoco
April 2009

 
 

African Silverbill Finches
Launiupoco, April 2008

Chestnut Mannikin
Launiupoco, April 2010

Male Northern Cardinal
Hosmer Grove, April 2006

Female Northern Cardinal
Launiupoco, April 2010

Red-crested (Brazilian) Cardinal
Launiupoco, April 2010

House Finch
Launiupoco, April 2009

 
 

Java Sparrow
Kahana Balcony April 2008

Japanese White-eye
Kula Botanical Gardens, April 2006

Northern Mockingbird
Launiupoco, April 2010

Common Myna
Launiupoco, April 2009

Sub-adult Apapane
Hosmer Grove, April 2006

'I'iwi
Hosmer Grove, April 2011