ʻO kahi manu hoihoi me kahi leo ʻūʻū e noho ana i ka steppe, ʻo ia ka makana hoihoi loa no kēlā me kēia hahai holoholona. Kāhea ʻia ʻo ia ʻĀina ʻāina. No ke aha mai ʻūlū manu manaʻo ʻia ka makana i makemake nui ʻia o ka poʻe ʻimi holoholona?
ʻO ka mea paʻakikī loa e hopu iā ia. No ka mea pinepine lākou e hana i nā leo kani, ua kapa ʻia lākou i kekahi manawa ʻo "squeaks". Lohe ʻia nā leo kūpinaʻi o ke kōkō no nā kilomita.
E hoʻolohe i ka leo o ke kōkō
ʻO kahi mea hoihoi inā lohe ʻia ka leo o ke keke manukokoke loa, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka helu ʻana i kona wahi kikoʻī. ʻO kēia no ka manu, ʻoiai e hīmeni ana, hohola i kona ʻāʻī kiʻekiʻe a wili kona poʻo i nā ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa.
Hoʻololi mau kēlā ʻano maneuvers i ke ʻano o ke kani. ʻO kēia manu liʻiliʻi no ke kauoha a me ka ʻohana o nā kahu hipa. Ma kiʻi o ke keke manu hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻoi aku kona nui ma mua o kahi thrush. ʻO 27-30 cm ka lōʻihi o kona lōʻihi. Hiki i ka ʻūheu i 46-53 cm.
Kaupaona ka manu ma kahi o 200 gram. ʻO kaʻeleʻele o ka plumage corncrake ʻeleʻele-ʻeleʻele me nā kiko ʻoliva-hina. Ma kona kua, like ke kala me nā unahi iʻa. Ma ka ʻōpū aia nā hulu ʻeleʻele māmā i uhi ʻia me nā ʻulaʻula.
ʻIke ʻia nā aka hina ma ka ʻāʻī, ʻāpana o ke poʻo a me ka umauma. Ua pena ʻia nā ʻaoʻao o ka manu i ʻeleʻele-ʻulaʻula me nā kiko ʻulaʻula. A ma nā ʻeheu he huluhulu ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula me nā kiko keʻokeʻo melemele. ʻIke iki ka nuku o ke kōkō. He pōkole akā ikaika. Hinahina kēpau nā lālā o ka manu. I ka wā o ka lele, kau wale lākou ma hope o kāna huelo pōkole.
Ke hoʻoholo nei ka wehewehe ʻana o ka crake manu, ʻO kēia kahi hulu liʻiliʻi a inconspicuous, kahi manawa e hoʻohui nui ʻia me ke kaiapuni kahi i ʻike ʻia he ʻike ʻole ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ka wahine mai ke kāne ʻē. Koe i ke kala o ka goiter. I nā kāne he hina, a i nā wahine ʻulaʻula.
Nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā wahi noho o ka palaoa
ʻO ka hapa maoli o ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Rūsia e noho ʻia e ka ʻoka palaoa. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi o ka Hikina ʻĀkau a me ka Hikina hikina, aia kekahi ma ʻIlani, Pelekane Nui. Ke haohao nei nā mea he nui ʻaʻohe malihini... He kānalua ka pane - ʻae.
No laila, mahele mau ʻia ko lākou ola i ʻelua mau ʻāpana - ke ola i ka nohona nui, a me ke ola i nā ʻāina o nā ʻāina mahanahana. Koho kēia mau manu no nā pali kuahiwi o nā kuahiwi, nā kula, nā waihona wai, nā māla ulu nui, nā wahi ulu lāʻau, nā wahi maloʻo o nā kahawai. He mea nui ia ma kahi o kā lākou pūnana nui a kiʻekiʻe ʻole nā lau nahelehele.
I ka hoʻoilo noho lākou i nā savannas, nā kula a me nā māno ʻohe. ʻAʻole ke ʻano o ke kino o nā wai kokoke e makemake lākou i ka wela kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke kū. ʻIke ʻia ʻaʻohe subspecies o ka palaoa. ʻO ia wale nō ka lunamakaʻāinana o kēia ʻano. Ua hōʻea ʻo Corncrake i ka hopena o ka puna.
I ka hāʻule, hoʻomākaukau lākou i kā lākou hoʻomākaukau no ka lele i mua, ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke anuanu anuanu. Akā ke huki ʻia nei kēia mau hoʻomākaukau. ʻAʻole lele nā ʻelele āpau o ka palaoa i nā wahi mehana. Aia kekahi poʻe e hoʻoholo e lawe i kēia ʻanuʻu i ka hopena o ke kau, i ka wā o nā hau hau mua, a i kekahi manawa make i ke anuanu anuanu.
ʻAʻole lākou e hui pū i ka wā e lele ana i nā pūʻā nui, me ka hana ʻole i nā huhui nui. ʻO ka hapanui, hoʻololi lākou i nā lele a hūnā maikaʻi i nā lāʻau, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokū i ka manawa kikoʻī o kā lākou hōʻea ʻana.
Ua hoʻonohonoho kekahi poʻe i kēia lā e ko lākou uē nui ʻana, a no laila ke kuhi hewa nei lākou. No ka mea ma waena o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka palaoa a me ka hoʻomaka o ko lākou wā male ʻana aia paha kahi hakahaka o kekahi mau pule ʻelua. ʻO Crake ʻo wai kēia? ua ʻike ʻia. Aia nō kekahi mau kiko e wehewehe.
Ke ʻano a me ka nohona o ke kōkō
ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Crake e lele. Hoʻolilo lākou i ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola e lele i ka mauʻu kiʻekiʻe i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai. Hiki ʻole ke piʻi aʻe i ka lewa. Hiki iā lākou ke koi ʻia e hana i kēia me kahi hanana i ʻike ʻole ʻia, e laʻa me ka hoʻoweliweli i ke ola. Akā ʻo kēia kūlana ʻaʻole e hoʻolōʻihi i ka ʻoka palaoa. ʻO kā lākou e hana ai ka lele ʻana i kahi mau mika ʻelua a peʻe hou i ka mauʻu kiʻekiʻe. Neʻe maikaʻi lākou i loko o laila.
Pālua ʻaʻole paʻa. He polygamous lākou. I loko o kā lākou mau mele male, lawe ʻia ka palaoa palaoa e ke mele a lohe ʻole lākou i ke kanaka a holoholona paha e hele mai ana iā lākou. ʻIke nā Hunters i kēia manu e kiaʻi a hoʻohana iā ia i ka ʻimi holoholona ʻana. He mea nui wale ka hele wāwae ʻoiai e hīmeni ana ka manu. Ke hoʻomaha a ke kīʻaha palaoa mai ke mele ʻana, hoʻi hou ka ʻike iā ia, me he mea lā, a lilo ʻo ia i mea nānā hou.
I ka manawa a ka manu i manaʻo ai he pilikia paha nona iho, kani kani manu loli nui. Ua like ia me ke kamaʻilio kūkā a ka murie. ʻO Crake kahi manu hoʻokahi i ka pō. Ma lalo o nā kūlana anilā maikaʻi, hiki iā lākou ke alakaʻi i kahi nohona hana i ka pō āpau a i ke kakahiaka wale nō e hele i ko lākou hoʻomaha kūpono.
He mea hoihoi loa ia e nānā i ka palaʻai i ka holo. I ka manawa like, kūlou ko lākou alo mua holoʻokoʻa, me ko lākou poʻo, i mua i ka honua, i ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kā lākou huelo. Kahi manawa, hāpai ka manu i kona poʻo e noʻonoʻo i kahi e neʻe ai i kahi aʻe. Ke holo nei kahi manu i kēia ala, me ka ʻāʻī hohola ʻia i kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku ka nānā ma mua o ka lapuwale.
Ua lilo hou ke ʻano i mea hoʻomakeʻaka ke, ʻoiai e nānā ana i nā wahi e pili ana, ua hana ke kīʻaha palaoa i kahi ʻano o ka uē hōʻoluʻolu. Inā hiki ke makaʻu, hoʻāʻo ka manu e holo. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mea holo kope.
Holo ʻo ia a holo ʻo ia. Akā, inā ʻike ʻo ia he mea ʻole kēia, me kona makemake ʻole e lele, lele kiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i ka lani. Pehea ke ʻano o ka palaoa? i ka lele? He ʻano like ia me kahi pailaka huikau a huikau hoʻi. I ka holo ʻana i kēia ala no nā ʻumi mau mika, pae lākou a hoʻomau i ka mālama iā lākou iho e kahi ʻano kūpono no lākou iho.
ʻAi manu Crake
ʻAʻole ʻo Crake kahi manu finicky. Hoʻopili kāna papaʻai i nā meaʻai mea kanu a me nā meaʻai o nā holoholona. ʻAʻole ia no ka mea ʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia ma kahi kokoke i nā mahina ʻai a me nā māla. Ma laila e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kālā mai nā hua, nā ʻanoʻano o nā mea kanu a me nā mea kolo. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻōpio o nā mea kanu. ʻO ka mea ʻono leʻaleʻa o ka ʻoka palaoa nā kolo liʻiliʻi, millipedes, snails, earthworms.
Hoʻohua a me ke ola o ka palaoa
Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ko lākou wahi noho mau, e noʻonoʻo ana ka ʻāpana palaoa i ko lākou hoʻoilina. Hoʻonohonoho ka wahine i kāna noho haʻahaʻa i ka mauʻu a waiho i nā hua he 10-12 ma laila.
Hana ʻo ia i loko o ka incubation i kahi kaʻawale nani. Ma hope o ʻekolu mau pule, hānau ʻia nā moa. No 24 mau hola e noho ana nā keiki i ka pūnana, a laila waiho lākou me nā mākua, i ʻole lākou e hoʻi i laila. Mai ka hoʻomaka o ko lākou ola, ua maʻa nā moa i ke kūʻokoʻa a hana maikaʻi lākou.
ʻO Crake he manu akahele loa. Hōʻalo lākou i ka poʻe. Akā i kēlā me kēia makahiki heʻuʻuku a heʻuʻuku paha o lākou. ʻO kēia paha ka hopena o kā lākou mau wahi punahele e nalo mālie nei hoʻi.
