American Samoa, 2023

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One of many types of stony coral.
Stony Corals
Scleractinia order
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/20/2023
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A stony coral
Lace Coral
Pocillopora damicornis
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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Stony Corals
Scleractinia order
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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Variegated Croton
Variegated Croton
Codiaeum variegatum
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/21/2023
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Crepe Ginger
Crêpe ginger
Hellenia speciosa
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/21/2023
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Clerodendrum
Pagoda Flower
Clerodendrum paniculatum
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/21/2023
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Parrot's Beak
Flowering Plants
Angiospermae subphylum
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/21/2023
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A trail goes to this tidal pool where people swim, in the National Park of American Samoa.

2/21/2023
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I don't think swimming is recommended at high tide on a wavy day.

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Brown Noddy
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/21/2023
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Black Noddy
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/21/2023
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Macao Paper Wasp
Polistes olivaceus
genus: Paper Wasps
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/21/2023
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Open Air High School, since 1946.

2/21/2023
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An interesting truck

2/22/2023
Korean Fishermen's Cemetery

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A Yellow Crazy Ant
Anoplolepis gracilipes
family: Ants
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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Fish Poison Trees, sprouting from the fruit.
Fish Poison Tree
Barringtonia asiatica
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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Fish Poison Tree, sprouting from the fruit.
Fish Poison Tree
Barringtonia asiatica
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/22/2023
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Plantain
Plantain
Musa × paradisiaca hybrid
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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Plantain
Plantain
Musa × paradisiaca hybrid
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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Plantain
Plantain
Musa × paradisiaca hybrid
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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Pacific Kingfisher
Todiramphus sacer pealei
species: Pacific Kingfisher
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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Combtooth Blennie (subfamily)
These would jump out of a tide pool onto the rocks and then into a higher tide pool to escape when they saw me.
Salariinae subfamily
family: Combtooth Blennies
American Samoa
Remarks: These would jump out of a tide pool onto the rocks and then into a higher tide pool to escape when they saw me.

2/23/2023
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Combtooth Blennie (subfamily)
These would jump out of a tide pool onto the rocks and then into a higher tide pool to escape when they saw me.
Salariinae subfamily
family: Combtooth Blennies
American Samoa
Remarks: These would jump out of a tide pool onto the rocks and then into a higher tide pool to escape when they saw me.

2/23/2023
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Tobie
Ambon Toby
Canthigaster amboinensis
American Samoa

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Hermit Crab
Coenobita rugosus
superfamily: Hermit Crabs
American Samoa

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Black Emo Skink
Emoia nigra
subfamily: Eugongylid skinks
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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Stilt legged fly
Mimegralla genus
family: Stilt-legged Flies
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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Blossom from a Fish Poison Tree.
Fish Poison Tree
Barringtonia asiatica
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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Euploea lewinii bourkei
genus: Crow Butterflies
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/23/2023
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World War II Artillery

2/23/2023
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Cane Toads. Guard Frogs.
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You can see the toads at the base.
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Cane Toad
Cane Toad
Rhinella marina
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/24/2023
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Down the barrel.

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A rooster.
Domestic Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus variety
Eastern District County, American Samoa

2/24/2023
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I was hoping to go snorkeling here. There was a hunge tuna processing plant not far away.

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Water Strider
Limnogonus genus
family: Water Striders
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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White ginger
Hedychium coronarium
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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Red Ginger
Alpinia purpurata
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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On the mountaintop.

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Small train tracks.

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Copperleaf
Copperleaf
Acalypha wilkesiana
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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Crêpe ginger
Hellenia speciosa
Eastern District County, American Samoa

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There were a lot of churchs in Fiji and Samoa, and quite a few in American Samoa.

2/24/2023
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Some Very Fine American Samoa Tiktoks.