One of the friends we have made is Mildred Wong and her family. She is one 16 children of a Chinese immigrant man who worked off his obligation to indentured employment, and started a number of businesses. He married a Hawaiian woman, and the family became influential and wealthy in the Honolulu community. This is a remarkable story and an amazing family.
Paula and Mildred with Diamond Head and Honolulu in the background.
Mildred always feeds us. You wouldn't believe how good the company can be when they are all over 80!
Paula is a good sport and follows me around chasing birds.
And now at this random place in the post, I am going to do a very difficult mystery critter. The last few have been too easy, so let's see how you can do on this one. This one was seen on the Tambopata River in the Amazon drainage in Peru.
In and around Honolulu are a number of urban birds, some seen elsewhere on the island, others like the escaped colony of Red-Ringed Parrots are fairly rare.
Below Diamond Head is Kapiolani Park. This urban oasis is full of birds.
Java Sparrow
Common Waxbill
And I'm outta here.
5 comments:
I have never been to Hawaii. but, it is on my list of 50 things to do so I'm planning on getting there some time in the future. It is such a beautiful place. I think it's fantastic you get this opportunity to actually be a part of something there at BYU and make a difference. Good for you.
The mystery critter is a Giant River Otter. I learned that it was an endangered species. That is way cool that you actually saw one!
sorry that last post is from Kennedy.
Kennedy wins! And she is right it was way cool that we saw it. Not only did we see it but we saw it find and crack open a huge river crab for its bunch of babies. This was a once in a lifetime chance.
I LOVE the last photo, it's a beautiful shot. Hawaii looks awesome!
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