Following an awesome visit to the Waihe'e Refuge and party night at the hostel, I allowed myself to sleep in for breakfast. It was fresh fruit and yogurt and then a familiar route to a familiar spot.
I wanted to hit the Wailuku Heights Cross trail, again, since it was the closest thing to the hostel, and my first hike of it netted some nice sightings. I arrived at the trailhead at ten o'clock and took my time up and down. At the boundary fence of the forest preserve, I turned my lens and took a few shots down on many of the places I had birded.
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| The Kahului Harbor and Keopuolani Regional Park as seem from above the cross. |
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| The Kanahā Pond Wildlife Sanctuary and Jym Park. |
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| Haleakala NP and the Kealia Pond NWR. |
The birds I saw that day were all then-familiar faces: Zebra Doves, Warbling White-eyes, Red-billed Leiothrix, another Hawaii Amakihi, and one White-tailed Tropicbird.
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| Plus a few House Finches. |
My legs felt dead at the bottom of the trail. They'd feel worse after a walk to the pharmacy to buy some Dramamine. But good stretching, massaging and cold water works wonders, and while I ran a load of laundry back at the hostel, I used the rest of the afternoon to chill and watch/listen to some NPR Tiny Desk Concerts which were playing on the hostel's TV. It was another fun night but one with the sad realization that I had only one more full day before my flight home.
