Hawai'i wildlife etc.

Roland

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Since I did not want to hijack 'Rosy-faced Lovebirds' thread, I post my picture about Hawai'i here.
At the time, I was still doing mostly travel photography and just started out with wildlife, which shows in the quality of the pictures.
All three birds are non-native and seemed not to have a negative impacted on the environment.
Yellow-billed Cardinal

9R100057.jpg
  • ILCA-99M2
  • Sony 70-300mm F4-5.6 G SSM II (SAL70300G2)
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 500



Northern Cardinal

9R100093.jpg
  • ILCA-99M2
  • Sony 70-300mm F4-5.6 G SSM II (SAL70300G2)
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 1000


Japanese White-Eye

9R100039.jpg
  • ILCA-99M2
  • Sony 70-300mm F4-5.6 G SSM II (SAL70300G2)
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 640


All of those birds have one thing in common over their native cousins, they like feeders.

I have to show at least one native animal. The Hawaiian Monk Seal is on the endangered list and the Hawaiians are very protective of them. They close part of the beach whenever a seal is present, especially a mother with her pup. I took this photo (behind a fence) a few days before the mother abandoned her pup. Monk seal mothers are tough on their kids. "If you reached my size, I am out of here." Pup is on the left.
9R100211.jpg
  • ILCA-99M2
  • Sony 70-300mm F4-5.6 G SSM II (SAL70300G2)
  • 300.0 mm
  • ƒ/5.6
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 125
 
Very impressive lot of shots. Very envious right now, so very well done.
 
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