ʻO ka ʻaeto nui ma kahi o 90 knm ke kiʻekiʻe a he ʻūheu ʻaneʻane kokoke i 1.5 m. Keʻokeʻo loa nā hulu. He nuku melemele ʻoi kona, a me nā wāwae ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele lōʻihi me nā manamana wāwae lōʻihi ʻole pūnaewele ʻole.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ka Great Egret no ka wā hānau, ulu ka lacy a me nā hulu lahilahi ma kona kua, e kau ana ma luna o ka huelo. Kūlike nā kāne a me nā wahine i kekahi i kekahi, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne.
Kahi nohona kūlohelohe
Noho ka ʻōpelu nui i nā wahi kai paʻakai a me ka wai hou, nā loko wai pohō a me nā awāwa kai, a loaʻa ia ma nā wahi wela a mehana ma ʻAmelika, ʻEulopa, ʻApelika, ʻAsia a me ʻAukekulia. ʻO ia kahi ʻano neʻe hapa. ʻO nā manu e hānai i ka hemisphere ʻākau e neʻe i ka hema ma mua o ka hoʻoilo.
ʻAiʻai egret nui
ʻAi wale ka ʻaeto nui i ka wai pāpaʻu. Alualu ʻo ia i nā mea pio e like me nā rana, crayfish, nāhesa, nāʻa, a nā iʻa Ke ʻike ʻo ia i kahi mea pio, huki ka manu i kona poʻo a me kona ʻāʻī lōʻihi, a laila hahau koke i ka mea pio. Ma ka ʻāina, alualu ka herona i kekahi manawa i nā mammal liʻiliʻi e like me nāʻiole. Hānai pinepine ka aeto nui i ke kakahiaka nui a me ke ahiahi.
ʻO nā mākau lawaiʻa o nā ʻaeto nui i waena o nā manu ʻoi loa o nā manu āpau. Hele mālie ʻo Herona a kū ʻole me ka neʻe ʻole i ka wai pāpaʻu. Me kā lākou mau ʻaoʻao pūnaewele, lūlū lākou i ka lepo, a, e ʻimi ana i ka lalo, hopu iʻa i loko o nā milliseconds me nā paʻi wikiwiki.
Pōʻaiapuni ola
Koho ka ʻōlapa nui i kahi pūnaewele pūnana, kūkulu i kahi paepae pūnana mai nā lāʻau a me nā lālā ma luna o kahi kumulāʻau a i ʻole ulu lāʻau, a laila koho i kahi hoa nona nona iho. I kekahi manawa kūkulu ka manu i kahi pūnana ma ka ʻāina maloʻo kokoke i kahi poho. Ke waiho nei ka ʻaeto nui he ʻekolu a ʻelima mau hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo-ʻōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo. ʻEkolu a ʻehā mau pule e hoʻoulu ai i nā hua. Hoʻokomo nā mākua ʻelua i ka paʻa a hānai i nā moa. Ua heʻe ʻo Chicks ma kahi o ʻeono pule o ko lākou makahiki. Inā aia ka pūnana ma ka honua, holoholo nā keiki a puni ka pūnana a hiki i ka ʻike ʻana o ka hulu. Pale aku nā kāne a me nā wahine me ka ʻino i ka teritori pūnana. ʻO ka pūnana manuahi nui i nā kolone, kokoke pinepine i ka ibises.
Egret nui me ka moa
Ka pilina me kekahi kanaka
ʻO nā hulu lōʻihi o ka wahine egret nui i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻonaninani i nā pāpale wahine, a aneane pau ke ʻano. Ua hoʻopau ʻia nā miliona o nā manu no ka hulu i ka hopena o ka 19 a me ke kenekulia 20. Pepehi ka poʻe hahai holoholona i nā manu a waiho wale i nā moa, a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke pale aku iā lākou iho a loaʻa ka meaʻai. Ua luku ʻia nā heluna lehulehu o nā herona.
