Hamakua Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary - January 31, 2021

 We got to the Hamakua Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary early in the morning as the sun was rising. It was cloudy and overcast but more importantly it was NOT RAINING!!!  First order of the day was lots of Stilt action, then the Heron, the Coots and the Ducks. 

As you can see overcast conditions today.

Today, we had a new greeter. 

Seems like these stilts took a course in performing arts, specifically ballet.

The attack of the alae ula (moorhens). Hey you guys, get away from me!!!

Oh, Oh battle formation.

Yikes, look at me I'm running on water.

I want my mama!!!

Thank you for feeding me, mama.

Where's my head?

I caught a fish. Now let me show you how to eat it.

Very important to position the fish properly.

Almost pau!!!

Holy smokes, I swallowed the whole fish.

Wow, if I didn't know any better, I thought I was at a chicken fight.

HI YAAA, an Alae Ula with a flying karate kick.

I forgot my reading glasses today and it caused me to delete most of my shots because they were out of focus. Overall I'm quite pleased with the action that I photographed today.