Kite Surfing Images from Kanaha

I spent my break time at Kanaha beach watching the Kite Surfers this afternoon

Kula Sunset and Blooming Jacaranda Trees

This afternoon I drove home through Kula and found this Jacaranda tree blooming and a cool sunset to go with it.

Haleakala Sunset

After my time in the Iao Valley rainforest of the previous entry, I went up to the summit of Haleakala. 10,000ft / 3000m to watch the sunset. This is Hawaii but at that altitude, it was cold.

Iao Valley

Here is a video I posted with these images
Today after work, I had about an hour of free time so I went up to the Iao Valley stream area and took a walk in and around the stream.

Today was a rainy day. I didn't think I would get any good pictures. Then at the end of the day, the sky opened up and gave me this incredible sunset.

Big Surf at Hookipa

The waves were really big today and the Southerly winds were unusually strong too.

Yesterday was a rainy day so I went out to the rainforest and took these pictures of the stream running heavy.

2 new native birds. Both of these species are winter migrants. They summer in Alaska. The brown and white bird is called Ruddy Turnstone and the grey one is a Sanderling species.

I took pictures of these native Hawaiian birds. The black and white stilt is called Aeo, and the other bird is a Knight Heron.

Today I saw a pod of Humpback whales.