Last week it was the Kermadec Petrel. This week it was Ed and Bob. I’ve always said what I love about the northernmost point of the main Hawaiian Islands is there’s always something interesting going on. Usually, I say it in reference to the wildlife. And usually I mean it in a positive way. Last…
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Report from Ranger Rogers: Speaking of Scat.
Wedge-tailed shearwater are back at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. I can tell by the white splotches on the sidewalk leading from the fee booth, alongside the bookstore, and up the slight hill to where the first view of the lighthouse comes into focus. Where nene scat resembles a cat’s leavings and is easily scooped;…
Report from Ranger Rogers: From Blue to Brown
I recently traded blue for brown. And what a difference it has made. For the past eight-ish years, I’ve volunteered at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, wearing a blue t-shirt with just about any old pair of shorts or skorts or capris–in khaki, oatmeal, gunmetal, or green. I’d rove the northernmost point of the main…
#1000Speak: Compassion in Laysan Albatross.
We’ve had unusual winds blowing around Kauai the past couple weeks. First, they blew from various points out of the west, swinging around from the northwest and north-northwest to the southwest and south-southwest. It were as if a kid had grabbed the garden hose of wind and was swinging it over her head in great loops….
Hatching Is Hard Work.
You’re having one of those days. Your laptop starts acting up, and you cannot send that all-important email. Your car inexplicably breaks down. You cannot get any work done, because your writing software keeps freezing, and, well, there’s one interruption and distraction after another, all saved up for the very same morning. Admittedly, it feels…
On Walking and Resolutions.
At 3:00 in the afternoon on New Year’s Day, my FitBit tracker read a measly 785 steps. After a couple weeks of morning walks with my college roommate Linda, who was visiting and encouraged me with texts that went, What amazing place will we walk to today, I was close to failing to rack up…
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