Hawaii Big Island Birding Hotspots: Diamond in the…Sewage?
Mark Gallant Mark Gallant

Hawaii Big Island Birding Hotspots: Diamond in the…Sewage?

While Hawaii has a lot of attractive (often non-native) birds you’ll run into, it doesn’t actually boast a wide variety of species. You’ll likely have trouble topping ten species at a single “hotspot”, but not at one particular tropical avian wonderland. I’m talking about the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant, or as I call it, The Poop Plant.

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Marky’s Most Wanted Photos: The Great Gray Owl
Marky's Most Wanted Photos Mark Gallant Marky's Most Wanted Photos Mark Gallant

Marky’s Most Wanted Photos: The Great Gray Owl

I parted ways with my dad after a couple of owl-less days in Yellowstone and began the seven hour trek northward to the top of Montana. I said I didn’t have intel, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t put on my detective hat to try and pin down a known GGO location in the area. This detective work included matching fenceposts from a couple of location-less GGO pics on eBird to Google Maps street view…yeah, I told you I wanted to see one.

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