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Hawaii?
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Hawaii?

by Dennis Plank

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted March 23, 2018159 views1 comments
This was taken outside the cottage we were renting in Pacific Grove about ten days ago.  Seeing the Bushtit foraging for something among these blooms that look a lot like something I saw quite a bit of on the Big Island got me to thinking about the first birds that made it there and had to find new sources of food and how they evolved into the endemic honeyeaters.  The pollen on the forehead really caught my attention.

 

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 27, 2018 at 9:21 AM
Dennis, this is a good look at this bird and it's food.  The details in the bird are great and the colors and shapes of the flowers very eye catching.
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