Editorials
Last November when many people were preparing for family vacations or holiday dinners, I was training to guide our waterfall tour with Uncle Danny. My Uncle Danny is not my real uncle--he has thousands of nieces and nephews, and you will become one of them if you join his tour.
Listen to local conversations and you will hear people calling the...
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It was a fun week of learning. Thursday, Christina, Matt, and I attended the Mauna Ulu training at HVNP. Interpreter Jay Robinson and Cultural Liason Keola Wang shared there manao of this dynamic area. Despite all of us being intimate with the eruption site, we all learned many new insights to share with our guests.
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et another fun-filled trip to the summit of Mauna Kea last night. We had the best weather I’ve seen in a couple of weeks. Beautiful views on the way up from saddle road looking back at sun rays falling through the clouds over Pu’u Wa’awa’a, Mauna Loa was spectacular with it’s dusting of snow at it’s peak, and puffy clouds ringing Mauna ...
Thirteen hours, State Forest Permits, National Wildlife Refuge Permits, and keys to private property all add up to an epic day of island adventuring. The pre-dawn to dusk day came about from a client request for a full day of private birding. He wanted to see as many of the native birds as possible and only had one day. A few minutes into the...
There’s nothing I like more than being in the field with an expert. So the day I recently spent with Don Swanson on Kīlauea was very enjoyable. I was part of a small group of local residents who signed up for a seminar sponsored by the Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park (
I spent the weekend hosting Matthew Miller, Features Editor for Islands Magazine (http://www.islands.com/). Saturday we spent the day with two birdwatching guests at Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge and were treated to glorious weather and cooperative birds. I found my first mi...
I recently got caught up in a conversation with some visitors about traffic in Kona. It was an interesting discussion and, like a good drive, travelled through several topics by the time we said good-bye. I think I sold them on doing one of our Nature Adventures at least. But the one thing that struck me later in thinking about our talk, was ...
Aloha ahiahi,
I’ve driven Hilo to Kona over a thousand times but today was probably the
best bird run ever. This is driving straight over for a meeting, no stopping, but going as fast as the traffic allows.
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Aloha kakou,
What a crazy weekend. Friday started off with a hike with the Society of Hawaiian Archeologists to Kaawaloa. Best known as the place of Captain Cook’s Monument, Kaawaloa is also an incredibly rich resource of archeological sites, history, and marine life. We hiked out for about 3 miles on the old Government road remnan...
Good Morning,
Hawaii really is an amazing place. I was reminded of that again while reading a short article by Rose Kahele in Hawaiian Air’s inflight magazine. It’s about a story I often include on tours but one very few people know—Charles Keeling’s air collection study from Mauna Loa. In 1958 Keeling c...
Aloha kakou,
After my Land Board Meeting in Honolulu on Friday, I travelled to the Ewa/Waianae coast to do some birding. I hoped to spot a visting Bar-tailed Godwit at Honouliulu and a Whimbrel at Mailiili. Missed the Godwit but got the Whimbrel. Nice to add a species to my Hawaii list!...
Good Afternoon
Today was a gorgeous day on the Big Island, well, except for Kona. Today Kona had one of those hazy, lazy skies filled with water vapor that makes everything look thick. But my goodness, drive north just a bit, and the view was brilliant. Kohala, Waimea, and Hilo (from staff reports) had that crisp, clear, and pristine ess...
