by Jerry Riverstone | Apr 9, 2017 | Nature Journal
A very still night here in Pukalani, with no breeze, and little sound, was just livened up by the sharp cry of an approaching `auku`u, a black-crowned night heron. It cried out once as it approached, again when just about overhead, and once more as it trailed off. The...
by mauiguy2 | Mar 10, 2017 | Nature Journal
Two young axis deer bucks with fresh velvety antlersHeads emerging above the meadow grassIn the weird blue light of a voggy sunset
by mauiguy1 | Mar 8, 2017 | Nature Journal
Heavy rains fell on leeward Haleakala late yesterday afternoon, bringing floodwaters down Kaonoulu Gulch to central Kihei S. Kihei Rd was submerged and a layer of mud left behind.
by Jerry Riverstone | Oct 15, 2016 | Nature Journal
A happy-face spider found beneath a large Himalayan ginger leaf, at the edge of the Waikamoi Preserve on Haleakala. Complete with a mass of eggs and a shriveled up fly.These spiders are one of the evolutionary wonders of Maui. See...
by Jerry Riverstone | Sep 3, 2016 | Nature Journal
This summer was another nail-biter here on Maui, with one major storm after another heading our way from the eastern Pacific. We were spared -- again, and again!
by Jerry Riverstone | Aug 17, 2016 | Nature Journal
Some slight movement caught my eye. Turned out to be a pair of pale blue butterflies doing a circular mating dance.I love the rich detail, the false eyespots and antennae, the shaggy wing edges, the powerful little feet, and the exquisite clumsiness of the whole...
