A few birds from Oahu Island, Hawaii

Excellent pics Gary! I love the white tern!

The Rose-ringed Parakeet is an escaped cage bird, native to India. It has establish breeding colonies on several islands. Only the male has a rose ring around the neck.
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The green parakeets disappear among the green leaves, making it almost impossible to spot a parakeet roosting in a tree. I photographed this pair in Kapi’oloni Park, but they may be the only pair in the park.

The Red-crested Cardinal or Brazilian Cardinal, native to S. America, was introduced in 1929. It is now common and wide spread on Oahu.
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The Northern Cardinal, native to N. America, was introduced in 1929, is established on all main Hawaiian Islands. The best place to observe Northern Cardinals in Waikiki is near the archery range in Kapi’olani Park, at the foot of Diamond Head Crater.
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The female Northern Cardinal is brown. In the Red-crested Cardinals both sexes have red crests.

That Red-crested Cardinal is so beautiful!

The Common Myna, native to India, has been introduced extensively through the Pacific Islands.
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A flock of Common Mynas feeding in Kapi’olani Park.

The Red-whiskered Bulbul, a native of India, was introduced to Oahu in 1966. I was only able to locate two pairs of Red-whiskered Bulbuls, during my two week vacation. Definitely not an abundant species.

The Pacific Golden-plover is a common to abundant winter migrant to tropical Pacific islands. It prefers open short grass fields. It's a common sight in parks through Oahu during the winter. It breeds in the Arctic.
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Gary - Your pics bring back great memories. I've been to Hawaii several times;
unfortunately, it was before I got really in to birding. But I do remember one part-
icular time - I was driving along a rural road on Maui, high up over the ocean.
I stopped at a really beautiful overlook because I saw several Humpback whales
who were heading back to Alaska. I was engrossed with them when I realized
this really tiny bright green bird was in some brush nearby, singing it's heart out.
It kept moving closer & closer to me. It would then throw it's head back & just
SING!. I finally got to laughing; it seemed like it was saying, "Forget those big
dudes down there - they can't even sing!". The contrast of that tiny green dot
against those leviathons really left an impression. Of course, I forgot to take a
picture of the bird. Could it have been the Japanese white-eye?

Another (somewhat fuzzy) memory - I was sitting on a boulder on the beach on
Kaui, drinking my 3rd Blue Hawaiian, surrounded by Zebra Doves. They were
sitting on my knees, my shoulders & one in my (free) hand. Between the sun,
the navy blue ocean, the warm breeze (the alcohol) & those beautiful, light-as-a-
feather birds, I kept saying, "I don't want to go home; I want to stay here with
you guys." It's a wonder I made it to the airport that day! So the picture of the
lady with the doves really made me smile. Thanks.

Carol, the Japanese White-eye is nicknamed the Chinese Nightingale, due to its signing. I was guessing you were describing a White-eye, before you asked the question.

The Wandering Tattler is a common winter migrant to the tropical Pacific. They breed in Alaska and NW Canada. Last summer I kept trying to locate one to photograph here. Even through there were numerous reports of them in the area, I wasn't successful. Several Tattlers were regularly seen feeding along the shallow east end of the Ala Wai Canal.
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The Ruddy Turnstone is a common to abundant winter migrant to the tropical Pacific islands, a few remain all year. However, most breed along the arctic coast. I photographed three Turnstones at the west end, of Ala Moana Park beach, just west of Waikiki.
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Of the 23 bird species, post in this thread so far, all except the Red Jungle-fowl, can be seen in the Waikiki tourist district and/or the adjoining parks. A picture of a portion of Kapi'olani Park with Diamond Head Crater in the background. The park is an excellent place to go birding. It is within easy walking distance of all the 130+ hotels in Waikiki. The majority of photos posted above were taken in Kapi'olani Park.

The 0ceanic Institute, an affiliate of Hawaii Pacific University, operates the adjoining Sea Life Park with educational exhibits of all forms of sea life, including trained dolphin performances. The sea bird rehabilitation unit rehabilitates between 200 - 400 sick and injured sea birds a year. A semi-tame colony of Red-footed Boobies, began with a few rehabilitated injured birds, now breeds in the park. This is one of the wild semi-tame Red-footed Boobies which forage at sea and retune to roost in park trees.

Hay girl, don't you think you over did the eye liner a bit today?
Close-up of a Red-footed Boobies face.
#24.

Wow their gorgeous!!!

Wow the beaks look so different in those 2 pictures - the first one looked more yellow and smooth, and the blue wasn't very visible like in the 2'nd picture. Are they different sexes/ages?

22, you are very observant.
The first one is more yellow and smooth. It is a healthy wild bird.
The second bird was injured too severely to be release into the wild after rehabilitation. Birds which can't be returned to the wild are feed and cared for. They become the sea bird educational exhibit.
A picture of the convalescent ward.

They're very nice birds. they look so soft.

Enchanted Lake Bird Sanctuary add three more species, including two rare Hawaiian birds.

The Hawaiian Coot, Fulica alai, is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is an endangered species, but the population is in the thousands. The Hawaiian Coot differs from the American Coot, by having a much larger bulbous frontal shield, which extends backwards above and between the eyes.

The Black-necked Stilt, (aka Hawaiian Stilt)
The Hawaiian subspecies differs from the mainland form by having more extensive black on sides of neck and face.

I also photographed a Common Moorhen at Enchanted Lake (swamp).

In two weeks I photographed 28 species of birds, in the wild, plus a few more in captivity. I can't even hope to see that many species in Anchorage, AK during an entire winter.

I love the Hawaiian Stilts!

Hi Gary. Excellent photos and commentary. Glad to see that you had a good time and thank you for sharing your experience.

What a marvelous tour! Thank you, Gary!
Kim from Al.