Using the fingertip for scale, you are viewing the facial feather of an adult umbrella cockatoo.



The delicate and specialized feathering on this bird brings me to awe the handiwork. That individual filaments, as delicate looking as they are, will not become damaged with my handling them. The umbrella cockatoo will also excrete a talc-like powder that coats his feathers as waterproofing. (You are viewing my finger, a photo I took with my other hand)

My wife and I have been living on the Big Island of Hawai'i (called Hawai'i) for about a month. Before moving here we had never been to Hawaii. But we had ventured out to nearly everywhere else in America.

This is an Island with absolutely incredible diversity that I will capture for you with my trusty Canon Digital Rebel. All pictures displayed here will have been taken by Gecko.

Something that astonishes people is that Hawai'i can be lived and enjoyed on a very humble income. Consider "Stealth" as your personal guide to Paradise.

If you would like to see a picture of something Hawaiian, I will take it for you.

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