Maui Fauna, Part Two; April 2017
The upcountry Maui pastures nearby provided frequent distractions even though there were no glossy, perfect cattle in sight this time, only a few distant horses, and the monarchs fluttered by sparsely. But there were plenty of compensations.
The sheep clopped back and forth. And the deer were numerous -- twenty seen at once -- this year, attended by a buck with enormous antlers. The does seemed nervous. Pheasants thrummed about, their hoarse squawks a jarring contrast to their handsome appearance. Egrets came and went (and dropped in on the sheep, see Part One), and little birds were everywhere.
This was a noisy crowd. At night, the large herd of barking deer flowed yipping through the pastures and the pheasants squawked at first light as early as the local roosters, and then called harshly back and forth through the rest of the day.
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