On The Walk, we had the good fortune to see Spinner Dolphins again. They put on a good show for everyone walking early this morning. Later, we had our homeowner’s association meeting, a late lunch at TC’s, then headed for the Kilauea Lighthouse.
As you can see from the photos, the area around the lighthouse is beautiful. (That’s probably why the birds all hang out there.) On the east and west, waves crash against the rocky shores and ocean water swirls blue and white. On the north is a small island named Moku`ae`ae where sea turtles hang out. The island also has an underwater cave were the turtles like to go to feed. The second picture shows the island.
The lighthouse is located at the northernmost point of the main Hawaiian islands 
and was originally built in 1911. It was dedicated in 1913 and had a 2.5 million candlepower light until it was decomissioned in 1976 and replaced by an automated, and much smaller, version. Now, Kilauea Lighthouse is a national park and home to a variety of shorebirds. While we were there, the red-tailed tropicbirds were nesting. The birds moan to indicate that it’s time to lay their eggs. And right now, there’s a lot of moaning going on out there. We talked to one of the docents, who said that it gets really noisy at night because all of the birds are in (during the day most are out). So what I want to know is, if they moan this much while they’re gettin ready to lay the egg, what happens when the egg comes out?
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