Ka Ulu Hoi

ʻIke ʻia nō nā manu ʻōiwi no kō lākou waiwai i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. Inā e nalowale ana kēia mau hulu henoheno o kēia mau manu hiwahiwa, e nalohia nō hoʻi nā mea makamae e hana ʻia ana me nā hulu o lākou. I kēia lā, ua nalohia ko kākou pilina i kēia mau manu kamahaʻo, a i ka pau ʻana o ke ola o nā manu ʻōiwi, pau nō hoʻi ka leo o ke kīpuka i loko o ka nahele. Wahi a Ka Moʻolelo o Hawaiʻi i kākau ʻia e Davida Malo, “O ka hulu manu ka mea i manao nui ia. He waiwai nui ia i oi aku ma mua o ko Hawaii nei mau waiwai a pau. O ka hulu mamo, ua oi aku ia ma mua o ka hulu oo no ka hanohano nui o ka ʻahu mamo. O ka hulu iiwi, hulu apapane, a me ka amakihi, o kēia mau hulu ka mea i hana ia i ka ahu ula a me ka mahiole.” 

Ke hoʻolei ʻia aku nei kēia lei iā ʻoe e ka mea heluhelu, he kāhea aku e makaʻala a e mālama pono i nā manu ʻōiwi o Hawaiʻi a e kūkākūkā nō hoʻi no ko ka poʻe kahiko mālama ʻana i kēia mau manu henoheno nō. He nīnau hoihoi i loko, ua like a like paha me kēia mau lā? 

Ke ʻike nei nō he nui nā manu haole i loko o ka wao, a he hōʻailona hoʻi ia no nā pilikia nui o nā manu ʻōiwi: ka hakakā ʻana o nā manu haole no ka ʻai, ka make ʻana ma muli o nā makikia, a me nā holoholona ʻāhiu nō (ʻo ia hoʻi nā pōpoki, nā puaʻa, a pēlā aku). No laila, he aha ka hana a kānaka e hoʻomau aku ai i ke ola o nā manu ʻōiwi?! He mau hui manawaleʻa e laʻa ʻo Birds, Not Mosquitoes, Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project, Hawai‘i Wildlife Center, a me Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project, ʻo lākou kekahi i hoʻohuli i kēia mau hewa. 

I ka wā ma mua o ka pilikia nui o kēia mau manu aloha, he mea mau ka hopu ʻia ʻana o lākou e nā kia manu Hawaiʻi. No ke aha i hopu ai nā kia i ka manu, a ʻako i nā hulu o nā manu ʻōiwi? Hoʻohana ʻia nā hulu o ka ʻiʻiwi, ka ʻapapane, ka ʻōʻō, ka nēnē, ka ʻalalā, ka pueo, ka mamo, a me ka ʻiwa no ka hana ʻana i ke kāhili kū, ke kāhili paʻa lima, ka lei hulu kāmoe, ka lei hulu wili poepoe, ka ʻahuʻula, ka mahiole, a me ka ʻulīʻulī. Eia nō ʻelua ʻano hou o ka hana hulu, ʻo ka lei hulu humu papa lāua ʻo ka lei hulu lokelani.

Ma mua o ka wili ʻana i nā hulu, e ʻohi ʻia nā hulu o nā manu ʻōiwi. Na ke kia manu nō i kau i ke kēpau o ka pāpala i nā wahi a ka manu e noho pinepine ai. A laila, e kali ana ke kia manu ʻo ka noho ʻana a ka manu ʻōiwi ma luna o ke kēpau ā paʻa. ʻO ka ʻohi akula nō ia āna i hoʻokahi a i ʻelua mau hulu o nā manu ʻōiwi pākahi. Pēlā kākou i aʻo ʻia ai. Akā naʻe, lohe ʻia nō ʻaʻole paha kēia ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Wahi a kekahi, ʻai ʻia paha ka manu ma hope o ka ʻako ʻana i nā hulu! ʻO ia kā?

Wahi a Mary Lou Kekuewa, he wahine kaulana i kāna hana noʻeau ʻo ka hulu, he mea hana ʻino inā ʻaʻole e ʻai ʻia ka manu ma hope o ka ʻūpiki ʻana. E kuʻu mea heluhelu, he mea maopopo nō paha ia. Eia hoʻi, i ka wā ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Kapena Kuke, nā mikanele, a me nā kānaka ʻē like ʻole, nui nā manu ʻōiwi. Wahi a Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Wildlife Program, aia hoʻi he hoʻokahi haneli ʻumikūmākolu (113) ʻano manu ʻōiwi i ka wā kahiko! Pehea i pau ai ua mau manu lā he nui wale, inā ʻaʻole i ʻai ʻia? ʻO ka nīnau naʻe, he aha ke kumu i ʻai ʻia ai ʻo nā manu ʻōiwi? Ma muli paha o ka poina ʻana o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi a me ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi? A i ʻole ia, he mea maʻa wale iā lākou? ʻAʻole paha he mea ʻē ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i nā manu ʻōiwi. 

Ua ʻai ʻia ka nēnē, ka ʻōmaʻo, ka ʻōʻō, ka mamo, ka ʻiʻiwi, ka ʻamakihi, ka ʻakialoa, ka ʻalae ʻula/kea, ke kōloa, ke kioea, ke kōlea, ka ʻuʻau, ka noio, ke koaʻe, a pēlā aku… I ka makahiki hoʻokahi kaukani ʻewalu haneli kanaiwa (1890), ua ʻai ʻia kā ka manu ʻapapane ma Waikīkī. Ma ka moʻolelo nūpepa Hawaiʻi ʻo “Ahailono o ka Lahui”  kākau ʻia penei: “he io manu apapane ka oi aku o ka pulama nui ia.” ʻO ia ka wā noho aliʻi o Kalākaua! Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole he mea maikaʻi ka ʻai ʻana i nā manu ʻōiwi i kēia au. Liʻiliʻi nō ka lehulehu manu ʻōiwi; inā e ʻai ʻia nā manu, ʻo ia kā he kumu hou no ke emi ʻana!

E kuʻu maka heluhelu, mai poina: ʻaʻole laha nā manu ʻōiwi. Hiki ke ʻike wale i kēia mau manu kamahaʻo i nā wahi kikoʻī, a ʻaʻole he nui. I kēia mau lā, ʻike liʻiliʻi ʻia nā manu ʻōiwi ma Hawaiʻi nei. A, liʻiliʻi hoʻi nā ʻano manu e ʻike pinepine ʻia, e laʻa ka manu-o-kū. Kaulana ʻo Oʻahu a Lua i nā manu-o-kū! Lele pinepine lākou i ka lewa ma Waikīkī a me ke kulanui nei o Mānoa. Aloha nui nā haumāna ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa i ka ʻakaʻaka ʻana a kēia mau manu kea. Kaulana ka Moku o Keawe i nā manu ʻio a me ka ʻiʻiwi. ʻO lāua ka haʻaheo o Hawaiʻi: he hōʻailona hoʻi lāua no nā mea makamae mai Hawaiʻi, ʻo nā aliʻi a me ka pua lehua. Ke ulu pono nei nā manu ʻōiwi ma Papahānaumokuākea, he home nō. ʻAʻole nā manu ʻōiwi a pau he mea e pau i ke one a ka manawa. Hiki iā kākou ke ʻike aku i nā manu i hoʻokaulana iā Hawaiʻi nei, ʻaʻole wale nō lākou he mea e ʻike ʻia ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike. Ke loli nei ka honua i nā lā a pau, a he mea pono ka mālama ʻana aku a me ka ʻike ʻana aku i kēia mau manu. Milo ʻia ka moʻolelo. 

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