Hawaiian Birds
February 23-March 13, 2006
by Pat & Sharron Lynch

We were in Hawaiian from February 23 to March 13 and saw a variety of birds. Unfortunately, an unusually wet rainy season occurred with flooding on most of the islands. This did limit our viewing to a degree and definitely, our photography.

Below is a list of 69 trip birds including another subspecies of Elepaio. Many of the birds are introduced but are countable. We saw 47 life birds which are marked with *. The 14 endemic life birds are marked as **. There were also 3 new subspecies.

1. Laysan Albatross (with chick)* -- great views
2. White-tailed Tropicbird* -- great views
3. Red-tailed Tropicbird* -- great views of them flying backwards
4. Brown Booby*
5. Red-footed Booby* -- great views
6. Great Frigatebird*
7. Cattle Egret
8. Black-crowned Night-Heron
9. Hawaiian Goose (Nene)** -- nice looks
10. Mallard
11. Hawaiian Duck (Koloa)**
12. Lesser Scaup
13. Hawaiian Hawk (Io)**
14. Black Francolin*
15. Erckelšs Francolin*
16. Gray Francolin*
17. Kalij Pheasant*
18. Green Pheasant*
19. Red Junglefowl* -- everywhere on Kauai
20. Ring-necked Pheasant
21. Wild Turkey -- donšt leave home without them
22. California Quail
23. Hawaiian Moorhen -- a subspecies
24. Hawaiian Coot**
25. Pacific Golden-Plover -- at times they were as numerous as robins
26. Hawaiian Stilt
27. Wandering Tattler* -- excellent looks close up
28. Ruddy Turnstone
29. Black Noddy*
30. White Tern* -- a beautiful bird
31. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse*
32. Rock Pigeon
33. Spotted Dove
34. Zebra Dove*
35. Hawaiian Owl (Pueo--Short-eared Owl)
36. Eurasian Skylark
37. Red-vented Bulbul*
38. Japanese Bush-Warbler*
39. Kauai Elepaio** -- a friendly bird
also Hawaii Elepaio** -- a subspecies
40. White-rumped Shama*
41. Omao (Hawaiian Thrush)**
42. Melodious Laughing Thrush (Hwamei)*
43. Northern Mockingbird
44. Common Myna
45. Japanese White-eye*
46. Northern Cardinal
47. Red-crested Cardinal (Brazilian Cardinal)* -- colorful
48. Yellow-billed Cardinal* -- colorful
49. Saffron Finch*
50. Western Meadowlark
51. House Finch
52. Yellow-fronted Canary*
53. Palila**
54. Kauai Amakihi**
55. Hawaii Amakihi**
56. Anianiau**
57. Akiapolaau**
58. Kauai Akepa**
59. Iiwi** -- some excellent looks at this large-billed bird
60. Apapane** -- probably the easiest of the honeycreepers to see
61. House Sparrow
62. Lavender Waxbill*
63. Common Waxbill*
64. Red Avadavat* -- Pat missed this very colorful bird
65. Warbling (African) Silverbill*
66. Nutmeg Mannikin*
67. Chestnut Mannikin*
68. Java Sparrow*