White Tern Update: Ibuki & Ms. Erin's Terns

ANGELS ABOVE OUR HEADS

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The skies above HNS have been full of angels!


A RAIN STORM FOR IBUKI

Ibuki got drenched in a downpour and retreated to her perch above the lower-playground sandbox where she called pitifully for her mummy and daddy.

• “Phew. Made it to safety.”

• “Phew. Made it to safety.”

• “Dad?”

• “Dad?”

• “Mummy!”

• “Mummy!”

• “What are you looking at?”

• “What are you looking at?”


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MS. ERIN’S TERNS

Ms. Erin’s noticed a pair of terns looking at possible nesting sites in the lower-playground kukui-nut trees. Ever since then, they’ve been “Ms. Erin’s terns”!

Recently, they hovered like hummingbirds around the kukui-nut tree closest to Kalanianaʻole Highway.

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WHITE TERN ABLUTIONS

White terns work hard to maintain that spotless, angelic appearance!

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IS THAT IBUKI?

We noticed what we assumed to be Ibuki back at the branch she hatched on.

Upon closer observation and consideration — “There are two birds, not one!” — we decided Ms. Erin’s terns were giving Ibuki’s birth branch a good looking over for their own egg/chick!

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Stay tuned for more EXCITING white-tern adventures!