The brown pelican is about four feet in length. It has a brown and gray body and a white head with a light brown crown. Its neck is dark brown during breeding season. Another view of this large shore bird is available as image # 1123.

The female An-Hinga closely resembles the Double-Crested Cormorant. Distinguished from the cormorant by its long, slender, s-shaped neck and long slender spear-like beak, it also is known as the Snakebird due to its habit of swimming mostly submerged with only the head and neck above the water. Its dagger-like serrated bill is ideally suited for catching fish which it spears and flips in the air before catching and swallowing the meal. Lacking the oil glands used by most birds for preening, the An-Hinga must dry its wings in the sun after swimming.

Humpback whales exhibit many interesting behaviors including breaching during the mating and calving season which they spend in the shallow waters of the Pacific in the channel between the Hawaiian Islands of Maui and Lanai.

The Great Egret is a large white heron with a yellow bill and black legs. The smaller but similar Snowy Egret has a black bill and yellow feet. The Great Egret has been known by many other names including Common, Large, and White Egret but is now officially classified as the Great Egret. Like the Great Blue Heron, this impressive bird feeds on frogs, fish, snakes, and crayfish.