Hakalau Über Mega Super Post

[zolac_no_miko]

Well, here you go, guys, you've been waiting for this one long enough. I'll make another post at some point with a picspam of Everything Else I've been doing since, like, February, but here's the bird stuff at least.

Comments

[shichahn]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of this. And the pictures! I am jealous. I'm enjoying my fieldwork just fine but there's something about being in the middle of nowhere, catching cool birds and exploring the area, that I kind of miss.

And man, do those `Akala berries look amazing!

[zolac_no_miko]

Oh man, no kidding, there's nothing like the deep wilderness!

THEY ARE PRETTY TASTY. Not as sweet as their mainland relatives, but plenty delicious if you wait until they are dark, purpley blood-red and juicy. And I mean juicy, the juice goes everywhere and stains EVERYTHING. /so worth it

...Fffffff, I need a honeycreeper icon. :P

[gwalchmai345]

You really do have an unique workplace and an exciting job! :D I really like your 'backyard' and the view you have. The slopes of Mauna Kea are such an impressive sight. LOL, the pigs seem to really enjoy annoying their human 'neighbors'! I probably would have jumped out of my skin by now. ;-)

The honeycreepers and the flycatchers are simply gorgeous! I've heard of them before (likely in fanfiction *g*), but never seen pics. The beaks of the honeycreepers are really impressive. O.O

I love Leroy! I can almost hear him scream enthusiastically in that second pic. *g* LOL at the canary! Those raspberries make my mouth water. Yay, geese! Your geese seem to be a lot nicer than ours. We mainly have Canadian geese and Grey Geese here - the Canadian Geese have have taken up residence in several ponds in the middle of our city and by now, they're trying to take over the entire city. ;P

Thank you for sharing the pics with us and telling us so much of your work!

[zolac_no_miko]

Oh man, there is nothing like the way our shield volcanoes dominate the landscape on this island, they are just so massiveThis really is such a cool place to study birds. They say that if Darwin had come to Hawai'i instead of the Galapagos he would've figured out his Origin of Species a lot faster! ;D One species of finch evolved into dozens of species with unique adaptations, inhabiting different niches. ALSO THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY. :D (Although many of the coolest ones have gone extinct... there were birds whose bills were almost as long as their bodies

[gwalchmai345]

It's an amazing sight, even on pictures (I wish someone would invent beaming, so I could beam over and have a look :D)!

O.O Now those birds must have looked really impressive!

He sounds like a really funny guy - well, funny and annoying, lol! No thorns? Now I really want to plant them in our forests! Every single small forest around here is almost completely overgrown by raspberries and blackberries grown rampant - every summer, they do their best to destroy my trouser legs. *g* They are definitely politer! Our geese are wreaking havoc on their entire surroundings by now.

[anonymous]

Thanks so much for this, Ang! Kalany and I really enjoyed it. -Lorin

[zolac_no_miko]

Eh, howzit cuz! Glad you both liked it, thanks for stopping by! ^_^

[regonym]

Cute pictures~~~! I was excited when I got to the nēnē, made me think of Walla Walla. /wipes away nostalgic tear

[zolac_no_miko]

Hee~, yes, the nēnē at Pioneer Park, so random but they made me so happy!