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Kawai'ele Waterbird Sanctuary • April 16, 2026

Kawai'ele State Waterbird Sanctuary is a wetland built at a former sand and gravel mining site.

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Kolea

April 16, 2026 6:41 am, 1/640 at f/4 and ISO 1250

Ruddy turnstone

April 16, 2026 6:47 am, 1/640 at f/4.5 and ISO 1250

Wandering tattler

April 16, 2026 6:48 am, 1/640 at f/4 and ISO 1000

Hawaiian stilt

April 16, 2026 6:50 am, 1/640 at f/4.5 and ISO 1250

Hawaiian gallinule

April 16, 2026 6:52 am, 1/640 at f/4.5 and ISO 2500

Nene family

April 16, 2026 7:39 am, 1/254 at f/2.8 and ISO 50

Nene chick

April 16, 2026 7:08 am, 1/640 at f/5 and ISO 200

Hawaiian coot

April 16, 2026 7:26 am, 1/640 at f/8 and ISO 800

Black-crowned night heron

April 16, 2026 7:34 am, 1/640 at f/6.3 and ISO 125

Northern cardinal

April 16, 2026 7:36 am, 1/640 at f/6.3 and ISO 100

Red-crested cardinal

April 16, 2026 7:44 am, 1/640 at f/4 and ISO 200

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