Mahina Kūlua
Kīkala Ahupua'a "Today we were blessed with some cloud cover so it wasn't too hot. I remember stopping for a second and listening to the bird that was singing in the tree branches while the wind whistled through the tree leaves to my right and to my left I could hear the sound of the ocean. While walking along the cliffs we walked past some noio birds that were hovering above our heads on the wind that blows on the sea cliffs edge. The boulders below were pink and you could tell this coastline is older lava. We also saw a cute little he'e Pali that was sitting in a little crevice on one of the boulders and slowly making its way back into the water." -M.K. "In my past days of walking this coastline it took me until now to realize that the noio (brown noddy) have a prevalent population down here. They are a seabird species found throughout the pae ʻāina from the main eight upto Papahānaumokuākea. They were used by navigators because they usually traveled closed to land. The limu I noticed seem to have more species on the older lava from Kaimū to Kēōkea than that of Kalpana toward the National Park. I also notice that as we go pass Kaimū towards Pohoiki there is a lot more ʻōhiʻa lehua. I know the reason is because the last lava flow in Kalapana was in 2017. However, it is still amazing to see these trees a Kinolau of Laka, a favorite of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele thrive in a place with a lot of salinity in the air." -K.G.
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