Night Time in Puna

Night time in Puna is so incredibly relaxing. There are no lights, so its pitch black. This photo was taken on the road right outside the house.

As soon as night falls the coqui frogs come out to play. They are cute little tree frogs that were accidentally brought over here from the Caribbean in some plants. Right now there's a big debate in Hawaii about controlling the population of the coqui frogs. They would pretty much go unnoticed by humans if it weren't for their mating calls at night. You never hear them or notice them throughout the day, but as soon as the sun sets, the whole area is overrun by coquis. You can't go 2 feet without finding a frog. At night they climb into trees and the males make a sound that gave them their name. It can be as high as 100 db, and it goes "co"(a very high-pitched sound, but relatively low compared to the second syllable), and then "qui" (very, very high-pitched). Its really spectacular to hear, and when you're outside, or inside for that matter, its all you hear. And it sounds like millions of them all going at random intervals. I loved falling asleep to the coqui frogs. Here's a video I took at night. If you don't listen closely you probably won't be able to distinguish the individual sounds of the frogs, but if you listen closely you can definitely hear the "co-qui" sound.