Hakalau Über Mega Super Post
Well, here you go, guys, you've been waiting for this one long enough. I'll make another post at some point with a picspam of Everything Else I've been doing since, like, February, but here's the bird stuff at least.
( First off, I should summarize the Nauhi Experience, since I've never really gone and done that. )
( First off, I should summarize the Nauhi Experience, since I've never really gone and done that. )
This really is such a cool place to study birds. They say that if Darwin had come to Hawai'i instead of the Galapagos he would've figured out his Origin of Species a lot faster! ;D One species of finch evolved into dozens of species with unique adaptations, inhabiting different niches. ALSO THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY. :D (Although many of the coolest ones have gone extinct... there were birds whose bills were almost as long as their bodies.)
I adore Leroy, he's honestly one of my favorite things about Nauhi, he cracks me up. And our native raspberries are AMAZING. They're not quite as sweet as the ones you're probably familiar with, but they're much juicier, and they're pretty tasty. And they're HUGE. And they don't have thorns! BEST RASPBERRIES EVER. Our nēnē are cousins of the Canada Geese, but in my experience they're much politer (and prettier, I think). I'm really quite fond of them.
You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it! ^_^
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O.O Now those birds must have looked really impressive!
He sounds like a really funny guy - well, funny and annoying, lol! No thorns? Now I really want to plant them in our forests! Every single small forest around here is almost completely overgrown by raspberries and blackberries grown rampant - every summer, they do their best to destroy my trouser legs. *g* They are definitely politer! Our geese are wreaking havoc on their entire surroundings by now.
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