Day 27 of #AvianAugust2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves.bsky.social: ʻŌʻū (Psittirostra psittacea)

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ʻIeʻie, Freycinetia arborea

A short discussion on how difficult it is to see native species in Hawaiʻi brought up this memory of seeing this native plant in the Honuaʻula Forest. This plant is used to make fish baskets and nets. Favored food of the ʻalalā, Hawaiʻian Crow. #Freycinetia_arborea, ʻIeʻie #IeIe