January 3 2011 - Day 5 in Paradise

Day 5 was all about the fauna.  It was the day that we were going to have the prior day before we got the call to go see the Buddhist shrines.  We spent most of the day at Kilauea Point  which we had visited the first day but had only been able to spend an hour there.  This time we really had a chance to drink the place in.  We saw wonderful things.

I spotted and got a few photos of the brown booby, which is a relatively uncommon visitor to this park.

Tom spotted a monk seal and a sea turtle, which I missed :-((

I spent ages shooting the red-footed booby and the white tailed tropic birds in flight.  VERY fun.

Saw a few albatross, one frigatebird, many nene and their goslings, a few japanese white eyes, and a few red crested cardinals.

We ended the day in the taro fields again, where I saw many other species and Tom recorded some outrageously good bird sounds.

We ended the day early to rest up for the next adventure, which will be an 8 mile hike at 4000 feet - the world's highest swamp, I believe...

Photos of Day 5 are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkperson/sets/72157625617853227/