Subscribe to our newsletter 10 Things We Want To Share About Hawaiʻi’s Charming Palihoa 1. The palihoa, or Nihoa Finch, is a 6-inch-long, ground-nesting member of Hawaiʻi’s famous honeycreeper family (Fringillidae.) Palihoa is a close relative of ʻekupuʻu, or Laysan Finch. 2. Until last month, all the palihoa in the world, about 3000, lived only on Nihoa, an
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Read the full newsletter Hawaiʻi Audubon Society partners with DLNR for Year of our Coastal Kuleana Our manu o Kū mascot, Aloha Kea, made a special appearance at the Year of our Coastal Kuleana proclamation ceremony at the Governor’s Office. This campaign celebrates the richness of our coastal ecosystems, the ways that coasts connect us as people,
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Read the full newsletter Join our kōlea party Please join us at our second annual Welcome Home Kōlea Festival. Learn about our citizen science project, the Kōlea Count, join a mini bird tour through the park, and refresh yourself with a sparkling Kōlea beverage. Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025 Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm Location: Ala Moana
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Read the full newsletter 10 things we want to share about Hawaiʻi’s Tropicbirds Tropicbirds live worldwide in the tropics and subtropics. Because these seabirds’ shrill calls reminded sailors of the bosun officer’s whistle, tropicbirds are sometimes called bosun birds. Three tropicbird species exist: 1) Red-tailed Tropicbird (koaʻe ʻula), and 2) White-tailed Tropicbird (koaʻe kea), and 3) Red-billed Tropicbird. Only the first two raise young
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