A late start and a rainy morning. On the way up Stainback Highway I saw something in the other lane, which I thought was a rock. As I passed, I saw that the rock had legs! I stopped and found a very ruffled Japanese white-eye standing in the road, eyes closed, only identifiable by its eye-rings. I wondered how it was still standing in the middle of the road after two cars had just passed. It didn't even stir as I pulled up next to it in the loud car. I scooped it up, and it rustled and looked up at me. I put it in the crook of a sapling. Must have been very sick.
The weather on Army Road was wet but pleasant. I didn't have time to go far, and concentrated on bird counts and weed pulling. I saw another 'amakihi, which are unusual here.
The weather on Army Road was wet but pleasant. I didn't have time to go far, and concentrated on bird counts and weed pulling. I saw another 'amakihi, which are unusual here.