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Mark your calendars! The 7th annual Manu o Ku Festival will be held on the grounds of the Iolani Palace on Saturday, May 7. Activities kick off at 10:00 AM with displays and activities for the family running till 2:00 PM. This year during the runup to the festival there will also be activities every day May 1-6 at the Internaitonal Market Place. Check out the festival webpage for the complete program. Hope to see you there!
https://www.conservehawaii.org/manuokufestival2022/ We have two walks scheduled for February, both beginning at the Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikiki. We will meet at 9AM under the large banyan tree near the stage located on the makai side of Kalakaua Avenue across from the intersection with Seaside Avenue. Parking is available in the parking garage attached to the International Market Place, across Kalakaua and accessed from Kuhio Avenue. The dates for the walks are:
- Saturday, February 19, 2022 - Sunday, February 27, 2022 RSVP by text to 808-379-7555 and please bring a mask. After a long COVID-induced pause we are resuming the popular White Tern Walks. We have three walks scheduled for December and January, all beginning at the Royal Hawaiian Center in Waikiki. We will meet at 10AM under the large banyan tree near the stage located on the makai side of Kalakaua Avenue across from the intersection with Seaside Avenue. Parking is available in the parking garage attached to the International Market Place, across Kalakaua and accessed from Kuhio Avenue. The dates for the walks are: - Sunday, December 19, 2021 - Sunday, January 16, 2022 - Sunday January 23, 2022 Please note that we will be limiting the number of participants for each of these walks to 15. Text 808-379-7555 to reserve your place. Also, masking will be REQUIRED since we wonʻt be able to observe social distancing during the walks and speaking so as to be heard above the background noise involves the risk of aggressive expelling of respiratory droplets.  Check out last Thursday's Manu Minute episode where Susan Scott talks with HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote about the White Terns breeding in the big banyan at the International Market Place.
A big thanks to Savannah Harriman-Pote and Hawaiʻi Public Radio for the spot on our White Tern Citizen Science project during the episode of The Conversation aired yesterday. Thanks also to volunteer Matthew Saunter for meeting up with Savannah to explain how we survey using our online tools. And thanks to Gloria Tumulak Amit Rabanal and Raiden for letting us know recently about the new nesting tree in the parking lot at Don Quixote’s that was featured in the story. I’m sure our Manu o Ku appreciate the efforts of so many on their behalf!
You can listen to yesterday’s The Conversation at https://n.pr/3y0ZSFo . The story on our citizen science project starts at 19:15 in the episode. White terns and the Hui Manu-o-Kū were featured in Hakai Magazine's Birdopolis, a three-part series that explores the lives of birds that are, by accident or design, spending more time in urban environments. Mahalo author Joe Spring for taking an interest and spreading the word about white terns! Click the link below to read the article.
www.hakaimagazine.com/features/honolulu-a-seabirds-surprising-five-star-destination/ How would you like to be part of the team that puts up the blue ribbons on trees around town where our Manu O Ku are nesting? We have immediate openings for volunteers who can help us put ribbons up when we receive reports of nesting activity and then to monitor the nesting spots so the ribbons can be removed when the chicks are able to fly. We’ll supply you with the tools you’ll need to find the trees, some of our special blue nesting tern ribbon and instruction on how to put up the ribbon and to monitor the nesting spots. We will ask that you commit to monitoring and eventually removing each ribbon you put up. That’s necessary to help us keep our commitment to DLNR that ribbons will only stay on trees as long as necessary to protect nesting terns. We’re offering a series of orientation Zoom sessions to describe the program to interested volunteers and to provide the training you’ll need to get started. In return you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you’re helping to protect our Manu O Ku while they breed in the trees around us! The first Zoom sessions are being offered this weekend, Saturday (6/5) at 4PM and Sunday (6/6) at 9AM. Register by sending an email to [email protected] and indicate which session you’ll be attending. If you’re interested in joining the team but are unable to attend the training this weekend drop us an email at the above address and we’ll put you on the list for a future session.   COVID gave a lot of us the opportunity to improve existing skills and to learn new ones. Tomoko Kamiya is one of those who unexpectedly found themselves in between jobs with time on their hands during the pandemic. Tomoko has a background in graphic design and decided to took advantage of the chance to enroll in a class at KCC and learn how to create animations using software tools. When it came time to do a project applying her new skills she chose to draw on her love for the Manu O Ku and create one that featured them in their Honolulu urban habitat. Congratulations to Tomoko for adding to her skills in graphic design and “Mahalo Nui!” for sharing her animation with us! Join Our Kaka'ako for a fun community art project featuring the Manuokū Bird!DATE AND TIME
Saturday, May 29th & Sunday, May 30th 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily LOCATION Kaloko‘eli Courtyard at The Flats at Pu‘unui / 440 Keawe Street COST FREE FOR MORE INFORMATION ourkakaako.com/manuoku Saturday, May 8th and all week! Join us online for livestream events at www.conservehawaii.org/manuokufestival2021/ and in-person, outdoor all week at INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE Brought to you by The Conservation Council for Hawaii, The National Wildlife Federation and Hui Manu O Kū Through the generosity of:  |