I expected the colorful birds and the lizards. It's the chickens I hadn't planned on. They were all over Ke'e Beach. They are all over the roads. They are all over everywhere. Some lesson here about island biogeography. I assume they are not native. Probably related to all those feral cats running around wild. (note added later: chickens are not native, but were domesticated on island -- Hurricane Iniki (1992?) set them free and apparently they have been doing quite well ever since. The red-headed cardinal is also introduced. As are most of the humans living on, let alone visiting, the islands.
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