Part of my practice of noticing is taking photos of birds (and other living creatures). Here’s what came into view today by the beach near Kapa’a:
plumeria blossoms
golden plover, locally called the kōlea
ubiquitous zebra dove
delightful songbird, the white-rumped shama
a ghost crab, just about actual size
the puffin-like java sparrow
red-crested cardinal
highly invasive, ruthlessly hunted and vocally creative myna, known for their pre-roosting mass “communal noise”
possibly a juvenile myna