ʻApapane

And I'd go in in the evenings and right around the crater, I'd be there watching for native birds.

And the Apapani were by the dozens, hundreds.

They'd fly back in in the evening to go to these roosting areas that they and just watch these birds coming in by the dozen, flying right over you.

And the Alepaia would come in and hop around your feet, looking for a final morsel before it went to find its roost for the evening.

When we first went up to Koke, the birds were, you could always count on single birds, native birds, okay? When I went back a few years ago, I went up to Koke, to Kalalau, the Kalalau area particularly.

Yeah.

I heard one Apapani call off in the distance, did not see one bird at all, not even an amaki.

And my heart sank.