Morning Visitors - Ring Necked Pheasants

The last time we spoke to our new landlord...right before he took his red eye flight off to the mainland for a new life of traveling in his 5th wheel... he warned us very sternly "..and do not shoot the pheasants!"

Well I have to admit I have not completely honored my promise...I sure hope shooting with my camera doesn't count! We've had them visit much closer then these pictures..but they probably would have flown away had I opened the sliding door to 'shoot' them. So here are some shots from this morning..a male was taking in some morning sun as he sat on one of the fence posts across the street. I took these from my deck.





The Ring necked pheasant was introduced to the Hawaiian islands in the 19th century for sport. What makes me sad is that I've talked to some that say they don't do it for the meat but for the pelt(?). I see so many that have the taxidermist do whatever it is they do to it so that they can set up somewhere for show. It really is an amazingly beautiful bird and to see those feathers close up is a neat experience. But I am completely happy observing them from a distance... alive and walking around... and will continue to shoot them but only with my Canon Rebel ;-)

Picnic Upcountry Maui

On Saturday my mom was watching my nephews while my sis at Aihara Visuals had a wedding photoshoot..so we decided to take the boys up for a picnic near the Lavender Farm here in upcountry Maui.

We sat out in a huge feild of grass and wild flowers...bee's and yes dried cow patties lol! Not too bad..you just had to watch out. It was really an amazing place to enjoy lunch..



The view was something else..as you sit up there you feel like you are on top of the world. It's still been hazy though from the volcanic action on the Big Island..so my pictures aren't that great...



cows...hence the cow patties..I do see a fence there though..maybe some are escape artists ;-)



The road through here up to Haleakala National Park is super windy..back and forth, back and forth...as you can see here onGoogle Maps The blue pinned spot is where the Lavender Farm is..we had our picnic in the middle of the second curvy spot up.



it woudl be so much fun on a motorcycle..we saw a few enjoying the ride



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