Fish and Fowl

Fish:

Kahaluu Beach Park is on Alii Drive in Kona .  It's a popular snorkel beach that's got a ton of fish and is great for beginners and more experienced snorkelers alike. We took a drive down there to see what we could see, and there was a lot!

Ruby in a school of Black Durgon

Aha Needlefish

This is the Humuhumu-Nukunuku-Apuaa (Reef Triggerfish) - it's Hawaii State Fish.  Can you imagine having to learn to spell that one as a kid in school?

Uhu - this is a Bullethead Parrotfish, the colour is such a beautiful blue that it's hard to believe that they're real.

Kikakapu - Threadfin Butterflyfish

Fowl:

There's some beautiful birds on this island, here's a red cardinal that was sitting in a thorn tree.

While we were in the Costco parking lot in Kona we spied this rooster and a hen just free-ranging there.  The kids got out of the car and chased them all around, it was pretty funny to watch - especially when the rooster would 'cock-a-doodle-doo!'

Even stranger is when you're at the beach and you hear a turkey gobble and you turn around and there in the back shady area of the bush there's four turkeys scrabbling around looking for things to eat.  They weren't afraid of us at all.  Moral of the story on the Big Island - always be on the look out for the unusual.  We've also seen signs to 'Watch for Donkeys on Road', as well as this sign about 'Invisible Cows'.

So there you have it, some of the most beautiful and strange wildlife seen out and about.