My trip to Haleakala crater

I went to Haleakala yesterday 8/7/10. I wanted to see if I could get some shots of native birds.
I only saw 2 Juvenile I'iwi and 1 Amakihi. It was strangely quite as I heard an I'iwi call only once, and the "chit-chit" call of an Alauahio but only got a glimpse of it.
But I did get to see and shoot a medium sized Pueo. Here's some photos.






More at my site:
http://www.lahainaphotography.net/Nature/Pueo

Attack of the A'eo or Hawaiian Stilt

On Friday 8-6-10 I went to Kealia Pond to get some photos of Dragonflies and any Damselflies but instead I ended up shooting these 2 A'eo's who for some reason didn't want me in their area. They started to scream at me then would do aerial dive bombing at me coming within 2 feet of me as they swooped down. Here are photos of the attack.




Look at the intensity in his eyes! :^)


It made my day more enjoyable just to experience something like this.