I have just come back from a remarkable visit to one of our least known treasures and one of the most beautiful places I have seen – A National Park far deep in the Southern Hemisphere spanning several of the verdant volcanic islands of American Samoa. This post shows some of the photographs I took from a  visit to the National Park of American Samoa on the island of Tutuila on a rainy morning in early October. The light was terrible but you will  have some idea of the landscape and birds in the Park.

View from American Samoa National Park

Entering US Southern-most Park!

View of Pago Pago, the Capital of  American Samoa on Tutuila the main island

The National Park in light rain

The sun came out briefly

The endemic Samoan Starling

The endemic Wattled Honeyeater

The Collared Kingfisher

Moth  – Alas no idea of the species

Small blue butterfly –  probably Euchrysops cnejus samoa

Fruit Bats

Purple-Capped Fruit Dove

Australasian Swamphen