Mary Allen
Introduction: He aha nā Bluebirds?
He manu liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi ka manu ʻulaʻula no ka ʻohana thrush. Loaʻa lākou ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, me Kanada, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me Mexico. ʻEkolu mau ʻano o nā manu polū: ʻo ka Eastern Bluebird, ka Mountain Bluebird, a me ka Western Bluebird. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻano ʻekolu a pau no ko lākou ʻulaʻula uliuli kūʻokoʻa, a ua lilo lākou i mea punahele i waena o ka poʻe leʻaleʻa manu a me nā mea aloha kūlohelohe.
Ka nui a me ke kaumaha o nā Bluebirds
He mau manu liʻiliʻi nā Bluebirds, me ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 6 a 8 iniha. Kaumaha lākou ma waena o 1 a 2 auneke, me ka māmā iki o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne. ʻOiai ko lākou liʻiliʻi, ʻike ʻia nā bluebirds no ko lākou lele ʻoluʻolu a agile.
Plumage a me ka waihoʻoluʻu o Bluebirds
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o nā bluebirds ko lākou ʻulaʻula uliuli ʻulaʻula, ʻo ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai lākou ma muli o kēia kala. He ʻulaʻula ke kua o nā kāne, nā ʻēheu, a me ka huelo, a ʻo nā wahine he ʻulaʻula-hinahina. He umauma ʻulaʻula a he ʻōpū keʻokeʻo ko ka kāne a me ka wahine. ʻO ka Bluebird Mountain ka uliuli loa o nā ʻano ʻekolu, ʻoiai ʻo ka Hikina Bluebird he ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula ke kua a me nā ʻēheu.
ʻO ka ʻēheu a me ke ʻano huelo o Bluebirds
He mau ʻēheu pōkole ko Bluebirds a he huelo poepoe, e kōkua ana iā lākou e hoʻokele ma ka lewa me ka maʻalahi. ʻO ko lākou mau ʻēheu mai ka 9 a hiki i ka 12 ʻīniha, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā manu ʻē aʻe o ka nui like.
Ka nuku a me ke kala maka o Bluebirds
He nuku pōkole a kikoo ka Bluebirds, he mea kūpono ia no ka hopu ʻana i nā iniseti, kā lākou kumu ʻai mua. He ʻeleʻele ko lākou nuku, a he mau maka ʻeleʻele ko lākou i hoʻopuni ʻia e kekahi apo liʻiliʻi o nā hulu keʻokeʻo.
Ka noho ʻana a me ka laulā o nā Bluebirds
Hiki ke loaʻa nā Bluebirds ma nā ʻano noho like ʻole, e like me nā mauʻu, nā māla, nā māla ʻai, a me nā ululāʻau. Laha lākou ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, me ka Eastern Bluebird ka mea maʻamau i loaʻa ma ka hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Loaʻa ka Mountain Bluebird ma ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada, a ʻo ka Bluebird Komohana aia ma ke komohana a me ke komohana hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻAi a me nā hana hānai ʻana o nā Bluebirds
ʻAi nui nā Bluebirds i nā inike e like me nā ʻūhini, nā pīkoi, a me nā enuhe. ʻAi pū lākou i nā hua, nā hua, a me nā ʻanoʻano. Ua ʻike ʻia nā manu ʻulaʻula no ko lākou maʻa ʻana i ke kau ʻana ma kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe, e like me ka lālā a i ʻole kia pā, a lele i lalo e hopu i kā lākou pio.
ʻO ka hoʻohua a me ka hana ʻana o nā Bluebirds
He monogamous ka Bluebirds a hoʻopaʻa i nā paʻa paʻa i ka wā hānau. Kūkulu lākou i ko lākou pūnana ma nā lua lāʻau, nā hale manu, a i ʻole nā pahu pūnana. Huli ka kāne a me ka wahine i ka hoʻopu ʻana i nā hua a mālama i nā ʻōpiopio. Hiki i nā manu ʻulaʻula ke loaʻa i ʻelua keiki i kēlā me kēia kau.
Nā Leo a me nā Kāhea ʻana a Bluebirds
ʻIke ʻia nā Bluebirds no kā lākou mau mele ʻoluʻolu a me nā mele, i lohe pinepine ʻia i ka puna a me ke kauwela. Hana lākou i nā ʻano kelepona like ʻole, me kahi puʻupuʻu haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me kahi leo "tseer" kiʻekiʻe.
Nā ʻano hoʻohālikelike o nā Bluebirds
He wahi neʻe nā Bluebirds, me ka neʻe ʻana o kekahi mau kānaka i ka hema no ka hoʻoilo. ʻO ka Hikina Bluebird ka neʻe loa o nā ʻano ʻekolu, a ʻo ka Mountain Bluebird ka liʻiliʻi loa.
ʻO nā hoʻoweliweli a me ke kūlana mālama o nā Bluebirds
Kūleʻa nā Bluebirds i kekahi mau mea hoʻoweliweli, e like me ka nalowale o ka noho ʻana, ka ʻai ʻana e nā pōpoki home, a me ka hoʻokūkū me nā ʻano manu ʻole. Eia nō naʻe, ua kōkua nā hana mālama e like me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka hale manu a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kahi noho i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka heluna kanaka bluebird. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka Eastern Bluebird ma ke ʻano he ʻano o ka Least Concern e ka International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), aʻo ka Mountain Bluebird a me Western Bluebird i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka Least Concern a me Near Threatened, kēlā me kēia.
Ka Hopena: ʻO ke koʻikoʻi o nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o nā Bluebirds
ʻAʻole maikaʻi a aloha ʻia nā Bluebirds e nā mea he nui, akā he mau kuleana koʻikoʻi ko lākou e like me nā insectivores a me nā mea hoʻopuehu hua. ʻO kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa, e like me kā lākou ʻulaʻula polū a me nā mele momona, hiki ke ʻike maʻalahi iā lākou a hauʻoli hoʻi i ka nānā ʻana i ka nahele. No laila, he mea nui e hoʻomau i ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā heluna bluebird a me ko lākou mau wahi noho.