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Spent a week on the Big Island in May 2021, which was our first trip to Hawaii.

Birding started on day 1 with a few lifers right outside our resort balcony in Kailua-Kona. Then it slowed down until a wonderful day of birding the Hakalau Rain Forest with local guide and legend Jack Jeffrey. We saw almost all the forest endemics, including one of the rarest birds in the world, the Akipolaau (only about 800 exist now). 

​My total counts for this trip were 38 species, 22 lifers, 14 endemics (if one counts the Hawaiian Short-Eared Owl, which is actually a sub-species). 


Iiwi
Iiwi
Iiwi
Iiwi
Hawaii Akepa
Hawaii Akepa
Akiapolaau
Akiapolaau
Akiapolaau with long-horn beetle larva
Akiapolaau
Akiapolaau (juvenile)
Akiapolaau
Akiapolaau (female feeding juvenile)
Apapane
Apapane
Apapane
Hawaii Amakihi
Hawaii Elepaio
Omao
Omao
Hawaii Creeper
Hawaii Creeper
Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
Hawaiian Stilt
Hawaiian Short-eared Owl (Pueo)
Hawaiian Coot
Hawaiian Coot
Hawaiian Noddy
Common Myna
Common Myna
Common Myna
Common Myna
Saffron Finch
Saffron Finch
Saffron Finch (juvenile)
Saffron Finch (juvenile)
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Erckel's Francolin
Grey Francolin
Grey Francolin
Grey Francolin
Kalij Pheasant
Kalij Pheasant
Japanese White-eye
Japanese White-eye
Japanese White-eye
Java Sparrow
Java Sparrow
House Sparrow
House Sparrow
Red-masked Parakeet
Zebra Dove
Zebra Dove
Spotted Dove
Mourning Dove
Mourning Dove
House Finch
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret
Red-billed Leiothrix