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Kōlea (Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva) migrate to Hawaiʻi in the fall from their arctic breeding grounds. These shorebirds establish winter feeding territories on lawns and golf courses and natural habitats in open fields.
In transition from non-breeding to breeding plumage Pluvialis fulva - MHNT. The Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) is a migratory shorebird that breeds during summer in Alaska and Siberia. During nonbreeding season, this medium-sized plover migrates widely across the Pacific.
Papakōlea is the area near the crater [7] where Pacific golden plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are sometimes seen in winter. [8] The fragmented volcanic material (pyroclastics) of the tuff ring contains olivine, a silicate mineral containing iron and magnesium, also known as peridot when of gem quality.
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The genus Pluvialis was described by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) as the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed that they flocked when rain was imminent. [3] The genus contains four species: [4]
The critically endangered Laysan duck is found at Midway Atoll. This is a list of birds of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.This area consists of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean and Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea.
Fashion and apparel brands from Steve Madden to Under Armour, e.l.f. Beauty, and Ralph Lauren are preparing for President-elect Donald Trump’s promised tariffs.
Hawaiʻi Kai is the largest of several communities at the eastern end of the island. The area was largely developed by Henry J. Kaiser around the ancient Maunalua fishpond and wetlands area known as Kuapā (meaning "fishpond wall"). Hawaiʻi Kai or Koko Marina was dredged from Kuapā Pond starting around 1959.