Mele Kalikimaka meka Hauoli Makahiki Hou!

In the holiday spirit, shooting with good friends.

IBIS-Not a Cattle Egret

Jack Jeffrey told me about this bird. Since it was him, it must have been important so I went and shot it. From the net it seems this is a rare bird for Hawaii, that it may have come from a very small population from another island. The beginning of that population may have been from people or by flying from the mainland US. This bird has brown eyes and beautiful colored wings. Hilo, Hawaii Oct 23, 2009.

Mushrooms

I found these mushrooms growing inside some hollow tile blocks laying out in the yard. A couple of weeks after their portraits, they all disappeared.