Mary Allen
ʻO nā manu lele ka manu lele i kahi mamao aku i kahi mahana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Noho lākou i ka hoʻoilo ma laila. ʻO nā manu lele, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻaka, nā ʻeke, nā geese, a me nā manu ʻē aʻe he nui. ʻO nā manu e noho ana i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa a ʻoi aʻe paha ma kahi hoʻokahi i kapa ʻia ʻo "manu sedentary".
He mea koʻikoʻi kēia hoʻololi wahi i nā manawa like ʻole o ka makahiki i ko lākou ola ʻana a hiki i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻokahi ala like lākou e lele ai. He ʻano maoli kēia ʻano, ʻo ia hoʻi, mai ka hānau ʻana mai.
He aha nā ʻano manu lele i loaʻa iā mākou?
Mai ko mākou manaʻo,ʻelua mauʻano: hoʻokahiʻano e hoʻolimalima i ke kauwela me mākou a me ka hoʻoilo ma ka hema, kahi iʻoi aku ka mahana. ʻO kēia nā manu lele maoli. Noho nā ʻano ʻē aʻe i ke kauwela ma ka ʻākau loa a me ka hoʻoilo me mākou no ka mea ʻoi aku ka mahana ma ʻaneʻi ma mua o ka ʻākau. Kapa ʻia lākou he "manu malihini".
No laila, noho nā manu lele ma ʻEulopa i ke kauwela. ʻO kēia, no ka laʻana, kēlā me kēia ʻano o nā storks, cuckoos, nightingales, swallows, cranes, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui. Haʻalele lākou iā mākou i ka hāʻule a hoʻi mai i ka pūnāwai. A laila ʻoluʻolu ka mahana a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā lā, kahi e maʻalahi ai ka hānai ʻana i nā ʻōpio. Ua lawa ka ʻai a ʻaʻole i like ka nui o nā mea ʻai ma ka hema.
I ka hiki ʻana mai o ka hoʻoilo a liʻiliʻi ka lako meaʻai, neʻe lākou i ka hema, ʻo ka hapa nui i ʻApelika. Ua ʻoi aku ka mahana ma laila i kēia manawa. I mea e ola ai kēia mau huakaʻi lōʻihi, ʻai mua nā manu lele i nā pā momona.
ʻAʻole ʻae nā manu malihini i nā mahana haʻahaʻa. No laila, hoʻomaha lākou i ke kauwela ma ka ʻākau a hānau i kā lākou keiki ma laila. I ka hooilo, he anu no lakou a lele mai lakou ia makou. ʻO nā laʻana ʻo ka kuisa pī a i ʻole ka pochard ʻulaʻula. Mai ko lākou manaʻo, aia kēlā ma ka hema. ʻOi aku ka mahana no lākou.