Mary Allen
He ʻohana holoholona ka tits. He manu mele lākou. Noho lākou ma ʻEulopa, ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ka hapa nui o ʻAsia, a me ʻApelika hema. Ma ʻEulopa, aia lākou i waena o nā manu mele maʻamau. Aia he 51 mau ʻano ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. 14 mau ʻano e noho ana ma ʻEulopa, a ma Switzerland ʻelima wale nō. No laila he mea koʻikoʻi inā hiki i nā tits ke lilo i hoaaloha me kekahi wahi.
He manu liʻiliʻi ka ʻū. Mai ke poʻo a hiki i ke kumu o ka hulu huelo, hele mai lākou ma kahi liʻiliʻi ma luna o ʻumi kenimika. He māmā loa lākou, ma kahi o 10 a 20 grams. No laila, ʻelima a ʻumi mau ʻuʻu ke kaupaona ʻana i kahi pā kokoleka.
Pehea ke ola ʻana o nā ʻiʻo?
ʻO nā ʻuʻu e like me nā lāʻau. Hiki ke piʻi maikaʻi loa kekahi mau ʻano o ka tit, no ka laʻana, ka tit uliuli. Loaʻa iā lākou ka hapa nui o kā lākou ʻai ma nā kumulāʻau. ʻO ka mea nui, aia nā iniseti a me nā ʻōpala a me nā hua. Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka tit, makemake lākou e ʻai i kekahi a i ʻole kekahi. Akā makemake lākou e kōkua iā lākou iho i ka mea a nā kānaka e hāʻawi ai iā lākou e ʻai.
Noho ka hapa nui o nā ʻano tit ma kahi hoʻokahi a puni ka makahiki. Akā he mau manu lele kekahi. No ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kā lākou mau hua, ʻimi maʻamau lākou i kahi lua kaʻawale, no ka laʻana, kahi lāʻau. A laila hoʻopaʻa lākou e like me ko lākou makemake. ʻO kēia kahi e waiho ai i kā lākou mau hua a hoʻomoe.
He nui nā ʻenemi o ka ʻū. 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. Nui nā manu ʻōpiopio e make i ka makahiki mua. ʻO nā mea hiki ke lele, hoʻokahi wale nō i loko o ʻehā e hānau iā lākou iho i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻouka kekahi kanaka i ka ʻuʻu. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā kumulāʻau hua kūpono e nalowale ana mai ka ʻāina. Eia nō naʻe, kōkua nui ka poʻe i nā ʻupena ma ke kau ʻana i nā brooders a wehe i nā pūnana i kēlā me kēia hoʻoilo i hiki i nā tits ke hoʻonui hou i nā brooders. Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke kākoʻo i nā ʻiʻo me ka meaʻai kūpono. No laila ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻoweliweli ʻia.
He aha nā ʻano tit koʻikoʻi i ko mākou ʻāina?
Ma ʻEulopa, ʻo ka tit nui kekahi o nā ʻano manu maʻamau. Ma Switzerland, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau o ka tit. Aia ma kahi o ka hapalua miliona o kāna mau holoholona. Noho mau lākou ma kahi hoʻokahi. ʻO nā ʻū wale nō mai ka ʻākau e neʻe aku i ka hema i ka hoʻoilo. Hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha ka hānai ʻana o nā ʻū i kēlā me kēia kauwela. Hāʻawi ka wahine i 6 a 12 mau hua i kēlā me kēia manawa. Pono e hoʻomoʻa i nā hua no kahi o ʻelua pule. No ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻomoe i nā hua a pau i ka manawa like, ʻaʻole lākou e paʻa i ka manawa like.
ʻO ka tit uliuli ka lua o nā ʻano maʻamau o ka tit ma Switzerland. Noho ʻo ia ma ʻEulopa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka piʻi ʻana o ka tits uliuli. Hele lākou mai nā lālā a hiki i nā lālā maikaʻi loa a hiki ke kau i luna i lalo e ʻoki i nā hua. Hana nui lākou i kēia i ka wā hānau. A i ʻole, ʻai nui lākou i nā pepeke. He ʻenemi ʻē aʻe ko lākou: ʻoi aku ka nui a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka tit nui a kāʻili pinepine i nā lua pūnana maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka crested tit ke kolu o nā ʻano tit maʻamau ma Switzerland. Noho ʻo ia ma ʻEulopa a puni. Ua loaʻa kona inoa ma muli o ka hulu ma kona poʻo. ʻAi nui ia i nā arthropods, ʻo ia hoʻi nā inike, millipedes, pāpaʻi, a me nā arachnids. I ka hopena o ke kauwela, hoʻohui nui ʻia nā hua. ʻOiai makemake nā ʻōpū nui a me nā uliuli e noho i nā ululāʻau deciduous, ʻoluʻolu hoʻi ka tit crested i nā ululāʻau coniferous. He liʻiliʻi iki nā hua o ka wahine, ma kahi o ʻehā a ʻewalu. Inā nalowale ka nui o nā ʻōpuʻu, e hānau hou lāua i ka lua o ka manawa i ke kauwela hoʻokahi.