Run, Henrietta, Run!

I forgot to fill up Moʻo's water bowl under the jaboticaba tree when I 1st let her off her tie out this morning. It was a good thing, too! When I went out about mid-day, as I walked to the bowl she bolted & chased Henrietta out from under the mountain apple tree. A little chick also came running out! Henrietta managed to fly over the back fence & into the pasture before Moʻo was able to catch her. And the little chick disappeared back in to the pile of old leaves & other plant debris under the trees. I tied Moʻo up again. While Henrietta called to her chicks from the other side of the fence in Jessie's back yard I looked for any injured chicks but found none. I don't think Moʻo ate any chicks since I caught her shortly after she had flushed Henrietta out. I kept her tied up until later in the day.

Moʻo raced over the the mountain apple tree!

Chicks are hiding somewhere in here.

Henrietta safe on other side of fence.

A small flock of Common Waxbills landed in a shrub in the cat yard. (It is one of the few landscape plants at the house that I am not sure what it is.) Fortunately for them, none of the cats was nearby. They were perched within 2 feet of the ground so would have been easy targets.

There are 4 waxbills in this photo; can you find them?

I got a text from Motu, the Oʻahu MRC Coordinator, in preparation for the approaching hurricane; I am on both the Oʻahu & Hawaiʻi Island MRC lists since I travel back & forth.

I also got a text from Spectrum about potential outages during the impending hurricane. 

According to Duo, I spent 239 minutes on Duolingo at Level 21 learning Hawaiian. Not sure whether he is trying to tell me that is a good thing or a bad thing. 🤔

Speaking of Hurricane Kiko, here's the latest forecast. Kiko is a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph about 1130 miles east-southeasterly of Hilo; moving west-northwesterly at about 9 mph. Hurricane Kiko is expected to cross in to the Central Pacific basin later tonight as it heads towards Hawaiʻi; there may be an increase in strength before things are expected to weaken again on Sunday. Hurricane force winds extend out about 25 miles with tropical storm force winds extending about 80 miles.

Episode 33 of the eruption at Kīlauea is expected to start some time during the week of the 14th, but may start as late as the week of the 21st. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Tim, Denise, Chris, & Rikayla!