Mary Allen
He ʻohana manu mele ʻo Finches. Loaʻa lākou ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa koe ʻo Antarctica, Australia a me New Zealand, a me kekahi mau mokupuni liʻiliʻi. Aia ma kahi o 200 mau ʻano finch like ʻole. Ma nā ʻāina ʻōlelo Kelemānia, aia lākou i waena o nā manu maʻamau me kahi 10 a 15 mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole. ʻO ka chaffinch ka mea maʻamau maʻaneʻi.
ʻO nā finch nā manu liʻiliʻi. He 9 a 26 kenimika ko lākou ana mai ke poʻo a i ke kumu o ka hulu huelo. ʻO ko lākou kaumaha ma waena o ʻeono kalama a me hoʻokahi haneli kalama pakahi. He nuku ikaika ka finch no ka mea ʻai nui lākou i ka ʻai. Hiki iā lākou ke nahā i ka lua cherry me ko lākou nuku.
Pehea e ola ai nā finch?
Makemake nā Finches e noho i loko o nā ululāʻau coniferous a i ʻole deciduous, ʻoi aku ma luna o nā lāʻau beech. Makemake kekahi mau ʻano i nā paka a me nā māla. Noho nā ʻano ʻē aʻe ma nā savannas, ma ka tundra, a i ʻole ma nā wahi puʻu. Makemake lākou e ʻai i nā ʻanoʻano, nā hua, a i ʻole nā ʻōpuʻu e ulu ana i ka pūnāwai. Hānai nui lākou i kā lākou mau holoholona ʻōpiopio me nā ʻupena, nā ʻāwīwī, a me nā ilo honua.
He kakaikahi na finch ma ka akau e nee ana. Loaʻa kēia i ka brambling, kahi e hoʻomaha ai i ka hoʻoilo me mākou. Noho mau ka hapa nui o nā finch ma kahi hoʻokahi. ʻO ka pūnana ka mea i kūkulu nui ʻia e nā wahine a waiho lākou i ʻekolu a ʻelima mau hua i loko. Pono lākou ma kahi o ʻelua pule e hānai ai. Hānai nā mākua ʻelua i ka ʻōpio. Haʻalele ka ʻōpiopio i ka pūnana ma hope o ʻelua a ʻehā pule. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā finches e hānai i ʻelua manawa i ka makahiki, ʻoi aku ka pinepine ma nā ʻāina wela.
Nui nā ʻenemi i nā Finches. Makemake nā Martens, squirrels, a me nā pōpoki hale e ʻai i nā hua manu a i ʻole nā manu ʻōpiopio. Akā, ʻo nā manu ʻai e like me ka manu liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka kestrel pinepine e hahau. Me mākou, ʻaʻole pilikia nā finch. Aia nā ʻano mea i pau, akā ʻo kēlā me kēia o lākou i noho i hoʻokahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi. Ke ʻike ʻia kekahi maʻi ma laila, i kekahi manawa ua holoi ʻia ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa.
He aha nā ʻano finch koʻikoʻi ma ko mākou ʻāina?
Aia ma luna ka ʻōpala. Ma Switzerland, ʻo ia ka manu maʻamau o nā manu a pau. ʻImi ʻo ia i kāna meaʻai ma ka honua. Ma ka papa hānai, ʻohi nui ʻo ia mai ka lepo i nā manu ʻē aʻe i hāʻule. Hana ka wahine i ka punana nona iho, uhi pono ia, a waiho iho i na hua he eha a eono.
ʻO ka wahine wale nō e hoʻomoe, no ʻelua pule. Kōkua pū ke kāne i ka hānai ʻana. Nui nā wāhine e neʻe i ka hema i ka hoʻoilo. ʻO ia ke kumu he nui nā kāne ma ʻaneʻi i ka hoʻoilo.
Hana ʻia ʻo Brambling ma ʻEulopa ʻĀkau a me Siberia a noho pū me mākou i ka hoʻoilo. Noho lākou ma kahi kokoke i nā beeches no ka mea ʻai lākou i ka beechnuts. Kapa ʻia nā hua ʻai he beechnuts, ʻo ia hoʻi nā hua o nā kumulāʻau beech. Hiki mai ʻo Brambling ma nā ʻohana nui a aneane ʻeleʻele ka lani.
ʻIke pinepine mākou i ka greenfinch. Makemake ʻo ia e ʻai i nā hua palaoa ma ke kula. No ka hānai pinepine ʻana o nā kānaka i nā manu, noho pū ka greenfinch ma nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale. He nuku ikaika loa kona a no laila hiki ke ʻai i nā mea he nui ʻaʻole hiki i nā finch ʻē aʻe ke pohā. Kūkulu ʻo Greenfinches i ko lākou pūnana ma nā pā a me nā lāʻau. Hoʻomoe ka wahine i ʻelima a ʻeono mau hua a hoʻomoe iā ia iho no ʻelua pule. Kōkua pū ke kāne i ka hānai ʻana i nā holoholona ʻōpio.