He mau wāwae ʻeleʻele hina-ʻeleʻele ko ka ʻōeto, he nuku ʻeleʻele a me kahi poʻo melemele mālamalama me ka hulu ʻole. Ma lalo pono o ka nuku o ka nuku a puni nā maka i ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a melemele ka iris. I ka wā hānau, ulu ʻelua hulu e like me ka lipine ma ke poʻo, ʻike ʻia nā kiko ʻulaʻula ma waena o ka nuku a me nā maka, a piʻi aʻe kahi pua fluffy ma ke kua a me ka umauma.
He aha ka ʻai a ka manu?
ʻAʻole like me ka hona nui a me nā ʻaeto ʻē aʻe, e ʻimi, holo, pōʻai a alualu ka liʻiliʻi. ʻAi ka hona liʻiliʻi i ka iʻa, crustacean, spider, worm a me nā kolo. Kali nā manu i nā kānaka e lū i nā iʻa me nā ʻāpana berena i kiola ʻia i ka wai, a i ka wā e hoʻokū ai nā manu ʻē aʻe i nā iʻa a me nā crustacean e pae i luna. Inā neʻe ka holoholona a kiʻi i nā kolo mai ka mauʻu, ukali nā ʻaeto i ka herona a lālau i nā arthropods.
Hoʻolahalaha a me nā wahi noho
Hoʻolahalaha nui ʻia ka herona ma nā wahi wela a mehana o ʻEulopa, ʻApelika, ʻĀsia, ma ka hapa nui o nā mokuʻāina ʻo Australia, akā ma Victoria ua aneane make. ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli nui i ka egret liʻiliʻi i nā wahi āpau āpau ka hoʻopakele ʻana i ke kahakai a me ke kahawai o nā wahi wai, ʻo ia hoʻi i ka hānai ʻana a me nā wahi hānau ma ʻAsia. Ma Nūhōlani, ʻike ʻia nā herona liʻiliʻi ma nā wahi estuarine.
Ka pilina ma waena o nā manu
Noho wale ka ʻaeto liʻiliʻi a hele hewa paha i nā hui liʻiliʻi, maikaʻi ʻole. Hoʻopili pinepine ka manu i nā poʻe a hāhai paha i nā mea ʻino ʻē aʻe, e ʻohiʻohi ana i nā koena o ka mea pio.
ʻAʻole like me nā ʻaeto nui a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, i makemake i ke kū ʻana i ka hopu holoholona, he mea ʻimi holoholona ʻo ka manu lele. Eia nō naʻe, ʻimi ʻo ia i ke ala maʻamau no nā herona, kū mālie a kali i ka mea i hōʻino ʻia e hele mai i kahi mamao loa.
E hoʻoulu i nā ʻaeto liʻiliʻi
ʻO nā pūnana ʻo Little Egret i nā kolone, pinepine me nā manu e ʻalo aʻe ana ma nā paukū lāʻau i nā kumu lāʻau, nā lāʻau, nā moʻo ʻohe, a me nā ulu ʻohe. I kekahi mau wahi, e like me nā Mokupuni ʻo Cape Verde, pūnana ia ma nā pōhaku. Pale nā pālua i kahi ʻāpana, 3-4 mau mika ke anawaena mai ka pūnana mai.
ʻEkolu a ʻelima mau hua e hoʻouluulu ʻia e nā mākua ʻelua no 21-25 mau lā. ʻO nā hua manu he oval, pale, ʻaʻole aniani uliuli-ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ke kala. Uhi ʻia nā manu ʻōpio me ka hulu keʻokeʻo downy, hāʻule lākou ma hope o 40-45 mau lā, mālama nā mākua ʻelua i nā keiki.
