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(archive photos of the week here)
One more photo of the week from Hawai'i, and again, one of the few native bird species that we saw. We stayed near Kona the first 3 days of the trip. It took until that 3rd day before we saw a native bird species! That bird was a Pueo, the only native owl found on the Hawaiian Islands. They are thought by most to be a subspecies of the Short-eared Owl. There was one road at mid-elevation on the eastern slopes of Mauna Loa that had expansive grasslands, and seemed to hold many Pueo. On one evening drive along the road, we saw 5 Pueo's in the span of about 8 miles! Beautiful bird, and we did get closer photos of them, but I liked this one best. It shows the Pueo in late evening late, sitting on a fence post in the grassy landscape, a perfect representation of the memory I have of these birds.
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