Three Rivers Birding Club Southwestern Pennsylvania

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.

Laysan Albatross (with chick)* — great views	Eurasian Skylark
White-tailed Tropicbird* — great views	Red-vented Bulbul*
Red-tailed Tropicbird* — great views of them flying backwards	Japanese Bush-Warbler*
Brown Booby*	Kauai Elepaio** — a friendly bird
Red-footed Booby* — great views	also Hawaii Elepaio** — a subspecies
Great Frigatebird*	White-rumped Shama*
Cattle Egret	Omao (Hawaiian Thrush)**
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Melodious Laughing Thrush (Hwamei)*
Hawaiian Goose (Nene)** — nice looks	Northern Mockingbird
Mallard	Common Myna
Hawaiian Duck (Koloa)**	Japanese White-eye*
Lesser Scaup	Northern Cardinal
Hawaiian Hawk (Io)**	Red-crested Cardinal (Brazilian Cardinal)* — colorful
Black Francolin*	Yellow-billed Cardinal* — colorful
Erckel¹s Francolin*	Saffron Finch*
Gray Francolin*	Western Meadowlark
Kalij Pheasant*	House Finch
Green Pheasant*	Yellow-fronted Canary*
Red Junglefowl* — everywhere on Kauai	Palila**
Ring-necked Pheasant	Kauai Amakihi**
Wild Turkey — don¹t leave home without them	Hawaii Amakihi**
California Quail	Anianiau**
Hawaiian Moorhen — a subspecies	Akiapolaau**
Hawaiian Coot**	Kauai Akepa**
Pacific Golden-Plover — at times they were as numerous as robins	Iiwi** — some excellent looks at this large-billed bird
Hawaiian Stilt	Apapane** — probably the easiest of the honeycreepers to see
Wandering Tattler* — excellent looks close up	House Sparrow
Ruddy Turnstone	Lavender Waxbill*
Black Noddy*	Common Waxbill*
White Tern* — a beautiful bird	Red Avadavat* — Pat missed this very colorful bird
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse*	Warbling (African) Silverbill*
Rock Pigeon	Nutmeg Mannikin*
Spotted Dove	Chestnut Mannikin*
Zebra Dove*	Java Sparrow*
Hawaiian Owl (Pueo--Short-eared Owl)

— by Pat & Sherron Lynch