Jackson and the Geckos

Life on the Hawaiian Islands can be found everywhere, and the little creatures flaunt their beauty! I love the geckos here as they are an assortment of colors. On this trip I was introduced to the Jackson lizard, which is just as colorful!

The Jackson lizard has a longer snout than the more compact face of the gecko. It can change colors, blending in with the black lava rock, and when it challenges it turns a beautiful green. Plus it does push ups too, and when it does it throws out a bright red bib under its chin. I approached a Jackson, and it did this a couple of times but was very shy the closer I got.

Jackson Lizard

Here he is a bit closer.

Jackson close up

We had gone to breakfast at The Coffee Shack, which has excellent food at a reasonable price, and dining is outside. It is here that we found numerous geckos traveling along the railings and the posts. What is unique here is that they feed the geckos with the jelly containers that you would normally use on your toast, and they seem to love it!

Gecko eating jelly

They are really quite beautiful.

Up close with a gecko

This next pair were getting a bit amorous! Thankfully I do not have to censor this photo!

A beautiful pair

Next we head off to the sacred grounds of one of King Kamehameha’s compounds!