[TN-Bird] Off topic: Hawaii

From: david kirschke <dkirschke@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TN-birds <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:24:30 -0800 (PST)
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for help.  We had an awesome 
family trip highlighted with birds, sea mammals and turtles, and reef fish!  I 
missed many of the rarer endemics because I did not have time to dedicate to 
looking for them, however, there where still plenty of amazing birds around.  
The coolest for me were the seabirds.  I saw one life bird while whale watching 
from shore in Maui.  I handed the binocular to my wife to look at 2 Humpback 
whales and she asked, "What are those white birds flying around out there?"  I 
took the binoculars back in time to see a White-tailed Tropicbird fly through 
the blow from 2 Humpback whales.  (The other white bird was a Red-footed 
Booby.)  A few days later (mid-morning) at the caldera at Hawaii Volcanoes NP I 
was looking for my second White-tailed Tropicbird, which the ranger said are 
only around during late afternoon.  Taking Jeff Wilson's advice to not take 
park 
rangers' information about birds too seriously, I decided to stay and scan the 
crater for a while.  After 30-40 minutes I was about to give up when a 
tropicbird emerged from the middle of the smoke plume coming from the caldera!  
Unfortunately, no camera at the ready either time.  A few photos from the trip 
are at the link below, though.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkirschke/sets/72157625942845273/

David Kirschke
Nashville, TN (moving to Johnson City next week)


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