Del Paso said:

And, if I'm not mistaken, the R8 cannot be fitted with a battery-grip, should you need one.

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There is, 3rd party battery grips are available to RP/R8 as their doors are detachable. Unlike R7&the rest of the RF APS-C bodies. The only downside is you need an external shutter cable in order to make the shutter button works. Other than that it it's still light and provides much batter run-time for the R8.

No birds on that trail today... When I was thinking I will go home empty-handed (just in the last ~10 min.!!!) I saw these. I don't know what kind of Bolete it is, it grows on, and only on that trail (so far what I have seen...), and is not mentioned in any article/book about the Hawaiian mushrooms.
I had (or maybe not!!!) to remove a piece of wood in front of the smaller fruit-body and damage it little bit. On other hand it shows no blueish-brown bruising on that place. The well known for Hawaii Pulveroboletus xylophilus has no net on the stem and is bruising when damaged!

ERHP said:

Just a few from August, sorting through the shots of multiple coveys of CA quail and others visiting the rapidly depleting seep.

One of the pair of surviving juvenile CA Thrashers who consider the seep part of its area.

Only one juvenile Steller's Jay this year.

Juvenile CA Quail male molting slowly.

This trio of juvenile CA Quail were navigating through the boulders.

A CA Quail crossing the 'bridge'. Always find it interesting how the feathers develop.

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These photos need bigger screen (magnification!) to be seen properly! Really great shots.