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  1. You can get to Ka‘ena Point by hiking the old railroad bed along the westernmost tip of O‘ahu. The railway leads around from Waianae or Mokuleia, to Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve. The reserve protects the last vestiges of coastal sand dune habitat on the island. The area has recently been fenced off to keep ...

  2. The Ka`ena Point Natural Area Reserve (NAR) occupies the western tip of O`ahu. It is home to breeding colonies of Laysan Albatross, Wedge-tailed shearwaters, and other seabirds. The NAR is home to several threatened and endangered plant species, and to the occassional endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal. A predator-proof ...

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  3. Here is a closer look at West Point Island's Rockhopper Penguin and Black-browed Albatross nests You can see more Albatrosses in the sky and on the cliffs in the distance.

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  4. We crossed the Wooly Gut from West Falkland, and we landed on West Point Island on a bright Sunday morning. Land Rovers took us across the island to these grassy cliffs that overlook the Atlantic Ocean. Here we found a colony of Rockhopper Penguins and Black-browed Albatross. I can understand the how the island got its...

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  5. Prion Island is in the Bay of Isles at the north end of South Georgia. There was a boardwalk under construction when we were there in March 2008. It was over half done, and it gave us a nice beginning to the long climb up the slippery, wet gully to the plateau that you see here. The main attraction of the island a...

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  6. Ka`ena Point Natural Area Reserve, the westernmost tip of O`ahu. I used manual exposure settings; the bands are caused by rapidly moving clouds blocking the sun. How many nesting Laysan Albatross can you find?

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        December 17, 2007
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