Mary Allen
He ʻohana manu ʻo Seagulls. Nui nā ʻano genera a me nā ʻano o lākou. He mau ʻēheu lōʻihi, haiki, kikoo lākou a pau, a me nā nuku ikaika a wiwi. He mau wāwae ko lākou ma waena o ko lākou manamana wāwae. Loaʻa iā lākou ma ke keʻokeʻo hina a ʻeleʻele. Hoʻōho nui lākou.
Loaʻa nā gull ma kahi kokoke i nā wahi a pau o ka honua, akā ʻo ka hapa nui i nā piʻi anuanu a i ʻole ke anuanu. Noho lākou ma kahakai a ma kahakai paha. Hiki iā lākou ke lele maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka makani ikaika. Holo lākou ma luna o ka wai a pana koke i lalo e hopu i ka iʻa i loko o ka wai. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaihue lākou i ka waiwai pio mai ka nuku o kekahi i ka wā e lele ana.
ʻAi nā manu i nā mea a pau e loaʻa iā lākou: nā iʻa, nā pāpaʻi, a me nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe, akā ʻo ka ʻiole kekahi. Eia kekahi, makemake lākou i ka ʻōpala a i ʻole ke kino, he holoholona make kēia. ʻAi pū kekahi mau ʻano gull i nā ilo a me nā pepeke. Hiki i kekahi ke inu i ka wai paʻakai. Hoʻokuʻu lākou i ka paʻakai a kipaku aku ma nā puka ihu.
Kūkulu ka hapa nui o nā gull i ko lākou pūnana ma ka honua. He liʻiliʻi nā ʻano mea e hana i kēia ma ka lawe ʻana i nā niches ma nā pōhaku. Hānau pū nā gulls i nā ʻāpana. Hāʻawi ka wahine i ʻelua a ʻehā mau hua. Huli nā mākua ʻelua i ka incubating no ʻekolu a ʻelima pule.
Ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana, hiki i nā moa ke hele a ʻau koke. Akā, noho nui lākou i ka pūnana. Ma laila lākou e hānai ʻia ai e nā mākua ʻelua. Aʻo lākou i ka lele ma waena o ʻekolu a ʻeiwa pule. A laila hiki iā lākou ke ola ma kahi o 30 mau makahiki.