The bird—also known as Manu-o-Kū—has excited ornithologists, its population growing within Honolulu, the busiest of Hawai’i’s urban landscapes Joe Spring, Photography by Melody Bentz, Hakai A seabird ...
White terns were once revered by the ancient Polynesians. White terns were once revered by the ancient Polynesians who believed that the sight of this bird with a bill full of fish was a sign of ...