A rainbow, seen from above, spans South Kona on Tuesday. (Stefani Scotto/Community contributor)

Papa cardinal feeds his newly hatched babies in their Kona tree in June. (Steve and Shelene Grey/Community contributors)

A Madagascar day gecko chomps down on a cockroach Wednesday afternoon in Kailua-Kona. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)

Shore breaks at Waialea Beach. (Victoria McKinney/Community contributor)

2019 BIRMA Scholarship awarded

A young plumeria at Kona’s Old Airport Park. (Bob Viggers/Community contributor)

A cave in Ocean View. (Cyndy Dyal/Community contributor)

A huge cactus blossoms in a Kona backyard on Friday morning, with a purple alamanda vine climbing it. (Laurie sigel/Community Contributor)

Cerulean water swirls around the sea arch at Keei near Kealakekua on July 3. (Reiko Sekine/Community contributor)

Sunset in Waikoloa Village. (Victoria McKinney/Community contributor)

Honeybees explore a jade plant on Saturday. (Jean Trueman/Community contributor)

A monarch butterfly caterpillar is seen nibbling its way through a bush on Banyan Tree Drive in Hilo April 10. (Janet Harris/Community contributor)

A saffron finch perches atop a guava tree in Captain Cook. (clint zavodny/Community contributor)

Bottle caps are all over our little town. The HI-5 law states: “Please remove the caps from the bottles. Pursuant to Hawaii Administrative Rules Section 11-282-61, caps should not be included when redeeming by weight. Also caps may be made of different materials and currently not collected for re-cycling by Hawai’i County. Please toss your caps in the rubbish.” Find the nearest garbage can and put them there, not on the roadside. (Giovanni Paciello/Community contributor)

A hibiscus trades shades of red, orange, and pink in Kailua-Kona. (Bob Viggers/Community contributor)