All,
If anyone asked me a month ago if I would ever go to Hawaii I would have laughed and said "not me".... but here I am planning a trip to Hawaii this July and I am steadily becomming more and more excited about the birds and birding. However, I am hearing lots of warnings about folks getting robbed. Which makes me wonder if anyone has some insight on this issue. I own a new Swarovski scope and an older Nikon RC and am considering taking the Nikon because of the constant drumming I keep hearing about thieves among the tourist info I read. Anybody have a different view or a firsthand experience regarding birding in Hawaii. I will be spending one week in Oahu and several days on the big Island and then on to Kunaii (spelling ?) for two days. How difficult is it to travel with scope by air these days anyway?
Any tips about birding Hawaii in general would be most welcomed especially which Islands were the most productive and/or easiest to bird etc etc... seems like there are lots of areas that are difficult to access due to restrictions of one sort or another....
I have 2 of Doug Pratts books on Hawaii - one is a site guide which is excellent and the other is a comprehensive field guide on the birds of the South Pacific and Hawaii..... I forget the exact titles.
I would like to get a CD with the bird songs.... any recommendations? any other books out there I should buy?????
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
L
If anyone asked me a month ago if I would ever go to Hawaii I would have laughed and said "not me".... but here I am planning a trip to Hawaii this July and I am steadily becomming more and more excited about the birds and birding. However, I am hearing lots of warnings about folks getting robbed. Which makes me wonder if anyone has some insight on this issue. I own a new Swarovski scope and an older Nikon RC and am considering taking the Nikon because of the constant drumming I keep hearing about thieves among the tourist info I read. Anybody have a different view or a firsthand experience regarding birding in Hawaii. I will be spending one week in Oahu and several days on the big Island and then on to Kunaii (spelling ?) for two days. How difficult is it to travel with scope by air these days anyway?
Any tips about birding Hawaii in general would be most welcomed especially which Islands were the most productive and/or easiest to bird etc etc... seems like there are lots of areas that are difficult to access due to restrictions of one sort or another....
I have 2 of Doug Pratts books on Hawaii - one is a site guide which is excellent and the other is a comprehensive field guide on the birds of the South Pacific and Hawaii..... I forget the exact titles.
I would like to get a CD with the bird songs.... any recommendations? any other books out there I should buy?????
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
L