Hawaiian Feathered Friends Network

08/15/2026

****Aloha Members****

With the upcoming storm Lala this weekend we will postpone this Sundays meeting. We will resume our monthly meeting in September.
From all of us at HFFN we hope you all stay safe 🌺

08/09/2026

🦜 HFFN Monthly Meeting — August 16, 2026
📅 Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm
📍 Location: Moanalua District Park, 1289 Mahiole Street, Honolulu
We gather at the little park nestled between Moanalua Middle School and Moanalua Elementary — one of our favorite spots on the island. Look for us under the big tree! 🌳
Finding us: Use this Google pin to navigate to the back road entrance, where four steps lead down to the field. Most members park here and walk down.
👉 https://maps.app.goo.gl/WqJvh26ts9mVw3eN7
🍽️ It's a potluck! Please bring a dish to share — any size, any style, anything goes. HFFN provides paper products, utensils, and bottled water.
🪑 Bring something to sit on — blanket, chair, whatever's comfortable.
🐦 Bringing your bird? All feathered guests are welcome, but please make sure your bird is either clipped, in a carrier, or on a harness. We want everyone going home with their bird!
Questions or trouble finding us? Call (808) 294-7382 and someone will help you out.
We can't wait to see you — and your flock! Aloha! 🌺

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08/01/2026

🌺 August 8th is Hawaiian Honeycreeper Celebration Day! 🐦

Every August 8th, we pause to honor one of the most extraordinary stories in the natural world — Hawai'i's honeycreepers. From a single ancestral finch, over 50 species evolved across our islands, each shaped by its own unique beak, song, and color to fill a different niche in our native forests. Today, only 17 species remain, and several are on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss and avian malaria carried by invasive mosquitoes.

This Honeycreeper Celebration Day, we invite you to Learn, Celebrate, and Conserve. Here are some wonderful resources — video, educational, and cultural — to help you connect with these irreplaceable birds:

🎬 Watch:

Vanishing Voices — a 30-minute documentary on the honeycreepers' plight and the hope Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) brings to conservation.
https://youtu.be/gOo5yAAQOFk?

Heart of Maui: A short National Park Service documentary film follows two biologists working to save rare and endemic forest birds in Haleakalā National Park
https://www.nps.gov/media/video/embed.htm?id=1184F741-74F4-46CC-BA60-B6933A6A2641

How Wolbachia Can Save Forest Birds — how researchers are fighting avian malaria at the source https://youtu.be/RR31iQ6qmmU?

How mosquito surveys on Kaua’i will inform this strategy to save Hawai’i’s forest birds. Learn more about the multi-agency work to save Hawaii’s forest birds.
https://www.youtube.com/live/sNzbcLflbUM?

Hawaii Invasive Species Council - Support Program
Wolbaci-what? Introducing [more] Invasive Species? Busting the myths of mosquito control, birds and avian malaria.
https://youtu.be/mEUzoOFxJDU?

Hanauma Bay Education Program Hanauma Talks (4.8.21) - “Birds, Not Mosquitoes: Saving our Native Forest Birds”
https://youtu.be/8S37XlzqtkU?

Hawaiian Honeycreepers in their natural habitat. Watch the full playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv3Zm7-vtmY&list=PLRYFZ-PQChQoDqqYtBNGyE6SbmzRnhkx3

📚 Learn:

Ka Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele — DLNR's 2024 Year of the Forest Birds hub, packed with interactive resources
https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/manu/

Pilina: Birds and Humans in Hawai'i — stories exploring the deep relationship between Native Hawaiians and native birds
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7ab539af97314852b1d68249797b1297

Ka leo o ka uluau podcast season 3: Sharing about manu Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian birds) with “fancy feathers” that are important to Hawaiian ecosystems and culture. https://hilo.hawaii.edu/blog/kaleookauluau/ka-leo-o-ka-uluau-fancy-feathers-bret-mossman/

🔗 Explore the full library of videos, lesson plans, and presentations at birdsnotmosquitoes.org/resources

Take a moment today to learn a name, watch a video, or simply look up — these jewel-feathered voices of the forest need all of us.

💛Aloha • Respect • Protect Hawai'i's precious forest birds 🌺

07/22/2026

Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) is a historic Hawaiian national holiday celebrated on July 31st.

It marks the day in 1843 when Great Britain officially returned sovereignty to the Hawaiian Kingdom after a wrongful occupation, leading King Kamehameha III to declare Hawaii's famous motto.

The famous motto
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, means "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness."

History of the Holiday
The Occupation
In early 1843, a rogue British naval officer illegally seized control of the Hawaiian government and burned all Hawaiian flags.

The Restoration:
When Queen Victoria of Great Britain learned of this injustice, she sent Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas to right the wrong. On July 31, 1843, Admiral Thomas lowered the British Union Jack and raised the Hawaiian flag at a site in Honolulu now known as Thomas Square.

The Celebration:
King Kamehameha III established the date as an official national holiday of the Hawaiian Kingdom to celebrate the return of the nation's independence.

How It is Celebrated Today
Today, the tradition is kept alive by Native Hawaiians, community organizers, and cultural practitioners. The day is observed with educational events, live music, community discussions, and cultural ceremonies.

Local Events: Celebrations are frequently hosted at significant historical sites like Waimea Valley in Haleʻiwa or at Thomas Square Park in Honolulu.

Activities:
You can experience traditional hula, listen to local speakers, and learn about the history of the Hawaiian Kingdom's fight for self-determination.

07/21/2026

Beautiful Ricky Cockatoo. He's an umbrella x citron hybrid. Hes big like an umbrella, but the coloring is all citron.

07/20/2026

The following captures what it's like when Ricky is en route to and from a meeting.

07/20/2026

July 19th 2026 HFFN Meeting. Everyone had lots of fun talking story, eating food, and visiting each other's birds. The macaws Maleficent and Ziggy received pedicures. Joey the Congo African Grey got a wing trim. And Ms Cherry Berry the Red-factor sun conure was introduced to the joys of wearing a flight suit, and being outside on her owners shoulder without fear of flying off. It was a great day for everyone.