Our weather is still dominated by unstable air, with overcast skies, dense haze and humidity. I went back to Kaumana Trail, and instead of the kipukas I went into the contiguous forest South of the trail. Pig damage was extremely heavy in most places, which was very sad. I ran into a few pigs and heard a sheep. There was some sparse plant diversity in scattered tiny protected areas. The forest was quite dense and the ground often undulating, so it was difficult to search thoroughly. I found a handful of interesting plants. I saw the largest ala ala wai nui ever. There were a couple of epiphytic oha wai and haha. There was a lot of makole (nertera granadensis), and I finally found some berries on one. There were a lot of interesting Ha'iwale and 'Ilihia (cyrtandra). A few intersting ferns.
'Apapane were usually pretty quiet. An average count would be 5 'apapane, 2 i'iwi, 3 'elepaio, 1 'oma'o and 1 Japanese white-eye. At one point there were 5 'elepaio fighting around me.
'Apapane were usually pretty quiet. An average count would be 5 'apapane, 2 i'iwi, 3 'elepaio, 1 'oma'o and 1 Japanese white-eye. At one point there were 5 'elepaio fighting around me.
