Big Island, Hawaii. December, 2006 Photo Gallery by John Dicus at pbase.com

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Big Island, Hawaii. December, 2006

In December of 2006 Melanie and I took advantage of an invitation to join some friends for two weeks on the Big Island. This gallery contains images from those incredible two weeks. In-all, we were only able to find 52 species of birds, but 35 of them were totally new to us. However, only a handful of those will show up in this gallery, as many got away unphotographed. Unfortunately the Big Island is highly impacted by non-native introduced species of wildlife and plants. So from a naturalist's perspective, the island was a bit like a zoo that had not yet been fully stocked with exotic wildlife. The avian diversity was low, and there are only a handful of species of butterflies to be found, only two of which are species native to the island. Nonetheless, we were able to experience several species of native birds, plants, etc. and had a fabulous time on the island.

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African Silverbill Leaning	African Silverbill with Grasslands Backdrop	African Silverbill at Pond	African Silverbill Checking Me Out	African Silverbill on Twig
African Silverbills at Pond	Akaka Falls	Akaka Falls 2	Akaka Falls 3	Apapane
Apapane at O'hia Flowers	Bamboo and Cecropia	Banana Tree	Banyan Tree	Bay at Place of Refuge
Bay Again	Beach Pumice	Black and White Stone Beach	Black Sand	Black Sand Beach
Black Witch Moth	Noni Fruit	Cliffs Along Coast	Cliffs Along Coast 2	Coastal Heliotrope
Coastal Waters	Common Myna	Common Myna at Beach Park	Common Myna Profile	Erckel's Francolin
Medinilla Flower	Gold Dust Day Gecko	Gold Dust Day Gecko at Jelly	Gold Dust Day Gecko at Jelly 2	Gold Dust Day Gecko at Jelly 3
Gold Dust Day Gecko Climbing	Gold Dust Day Gecko Closeup	Gold Dust Day Gecko in Plant	Gray Francolin	Gray Francolins
Gray Francolins 2	Green Anole	Green Anole 2	Green Sea Turtle	Green Sea Turtle at Black Sand Beach
Green Sea Turtle at Black Sand Beach (at Punalu'u) 2	Green Sea Turtle at Black Sand Beach 3	Soft-focus Turtle on Black Sand Beach	Green Sea Turtle Munching	Hawaiian Stilts Calling
Heliotrope	Heliotrope Lava-rock and Wave	Hopbush	Hopbush 2	Hula
Hula 2	Hula 3	Hula Crew	Immature Saffron Finch	Jackson's Chamaeleon
Japanese White-eye	Japanese White-eye Perched	Japanese White-eye Perched 2	Japanese White-eye Tree Cavity	Java Sparrow
Java Sparrow 2	Kalij Pheasant Female	Kalij Pheasant Female 2	Kalij Pheasant in Flowers	Kilauea Crater
Kipuka	Koa Forest	Koa Forest 2	Koa Leaves	Lava Flow
Lava Flow Sign	Lava Flow Vegetation	Coastal Rock Formation	Lava Meets Ocean	Lava Meets Ocean 2
Lava Trees State Park	Melodious Laughing Thrush (Hwamei)	Monkeypod Tree, 'Ohai	Nene Back Feathers	Nene Head Shot
Nene Curious	Nene on Lawn	Nene in Rain	Ocean View	Ornamental Hibiscus - Hau
Overlooking Bay	Overlooking Bay Again	Pink Azaleas	Pacific Golden Plover	Pacific Golden Plover 2
Pacific Golden Plover 3	Pacific Golden Plover at Calm Pond	Pacific Golden Plover at Pond	Pacific Golden Plover Closeup	Pacific Golden Plover Frontal
Pacific Golden Plover with Succulents	Pacific, Meet Big Island	Pacific View	Path to Snorkeling Bay	Pea Blue
Pea Blue Dorsal	Pea Blue Ventral	Peach Hibiscus	Peach Hibiscus 2	Ponds
Pond at Place of Refuge	Ponds Where Birds Bathed	Plumeria	Rainbow	Rainbow 2
Red Flower	Red Jungle Fowl	Red Jungle Fowl 2	Rocky Coastline	Rocky Coastline 2
Rocky Coastline 3	Ruddy Turnstone	Ruddy Turnstone 2	Saddle Road Grasses	Saddle Road Grasslands
Saffron Finch	Saffron Finch on Branch	Saffron Finch on Lawn	Saffron Finch and Twig	Sepia Surge
Shrub - Ohelo	Shrub 2 - Pukiawe	Slow Spilling Stream	Slow Spilling Stream 2	Snorkeling Bay at Sanctuary
Spotted Dove	Steam/Sulphur Vent at Kilauea	Sun Setting Into Pacific	Sunburst	Sunset On Pacifc
Sunset On Pacific 2	The Coffee Shack	The Sign Reader	View From Coffee Shack	Waves at Black Sand Beach
Wandering Tattler	Wandering Tattler and Crab	Wave Action	Wave Foam and Rocks	Wave Foam and Rocks 2
White Flowers	White Hibiscus	Wild Garden Vegetation	Wild Turkey Display	Wild Turkey Gobbling
Wild Turkey Neck	Wildflowers	Wind and Waves	Windward Coast	Windward Coast 2
Windward Coast 3	Windward Coast 4	Yellow Flowers (Tecoma?)	Yellow-billed Cardinal	Yellow-billed Cardinal After Bath
Yellow-billed Cardinal After Bath 2	Yellow-billed Cardinal on Lavarock	Yellow-billed Cardinal on Lavarock 2	Yellow-billed Cardinals	Yellow-fronted Canary
Sunset Behind Palms

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an nguyen		18-Dec-2007 21:32
Exquisite gallery with exquisite images. Big V

eijsackers		26-Jan-2007 11:41
Beautiful gallery! Well done. Thanks for visiting. Jos Eijsackers

coaster		25-Jan-2007 04:23
Excellent gallery.

Bob D. Kaufman		09-Jan-2007 03:59
Beautiful gallery! We were there last September and it was a heavenly place. Maybe somebday we'll come back. :-)

rbfresno		09-Jan-2007 03:43
John, Beautifully done! (I hope you don't mind that I referred a DpReview forum user to your site, since he was wondering if the 18-70 lens would work well in Hawaii.)

Bob Moul		08-Jan-2007 00:58
BEautiful gallery, John.

Guest		07-Jan-2007 05:43
Wonderful, diverse images of the Big Island. V.

Guest		05-Jan-2007 20:51
there is so much of life we'll never see--some that was but no longer is. thank you for sharing your photos. we could live many lifetimes and still miss so much.galleries like yours are so uplifting and educational--and just generally pretty to look at.

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