Fiji, 2023

Australian Umbrella Tree
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Common Myna. These were all over, and behaved like grackles do in the U.S.
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Mottled Lightfoot Crab
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Bats! Insular Flying Fox. These were in Suva, the capital of Fiji.
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Fiji Goshawk, in the park at Suva.
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Common Myna, with worms?
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Soccer in the park in Suva. Not many girls here, but I noticed lot of women managing male employees in Fiji businesses.

Fishing boats.

Sea Slaters
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Smooth Red-eyed Crab
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There were several boats like this in the harbor.

These guys would go out in the morning and collect fish or treasure or something.

They hiked out pretty far.

A waterfall in the jungle.

A spider.
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A jungle.

Water Strider
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Some kind of cricket, I think.
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Spider Wasps
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A flower. Spanish Shawl I think.
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Odontonema (and some tiny ants)
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Some kind of Screwpine
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A Screwpine leaf
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Red Ginger
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Common Fijian Ringlet
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Common Fijian Ringlet - the same butterfly.
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Pacific Kingfisher
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My rental car.

Asian House Gecko
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Some kind of flat-backed millipede
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The trail up to Joske's Thumb.

The view from Joske's Thumb. I got close to the summit, but not to the top because it's a technical climb. Sir Edmund Hillary only made it this far on his first try, so I didn't feel too bad about it.

Naikorokoro Village, from Joske's Thumb. I don't think anybody there has a car. They walk about 2 miles (50 minutes) to get to the "highway" where they can catch a bus or a taxi to get to work or school. They were pretty nice. There are 18 houses in the village, and they were building another one.

A bat (insular flying fox) in Suva

Great Crested Tern
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A crab! (Mottled Lightfoot Crab)
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The beaches were definitely not crowded.

Cane Toad
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Some beaches were a little trashy, most were clean.

I think they ship sugar cane from here (Lautoka).

The black and white fish are called humbugs.
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Snake Sea Cucumber. A guy told me those are the only "snakes" in Fiji, but I don't think that's true.
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Blue Linckia
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The end of a Snake Sea Cucumber
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Gobbleguts
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Old World Silversides
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Award-Winning Fiji Tiktoks.