{"id":87951,"date":"2021-04-17T01:58:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T05:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/?p=87951"},"modified":"2021-05-11T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T19:49:16","slug":"hawaii-kahaluu-keauhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/hawaii-kahaluu-keauhou\/","title":{"rendered":"Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"87951\" class=\"elementor elementor-87951\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f5358be elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f5358be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ba99a71\" data-id=\"5ba99a71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e871394 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e871394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Kahaluu-Keauhou, Big Island, Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-639d779e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"639d779e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a50f06c\" data-id=\"3a50f06c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e550f3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e550f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kahaluu-Keauhou.Orientation-Map-300x208.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-87961\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kahaluu-Keauhou.Orientation-Map-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kahaluu-Keauhou.Orientation-Map.png 582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c8b513f\" data-id=\"3c8b513f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f04d62c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f04d62c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The coastline south of Kailua-Kona is arid and naturally barren, but coastal development and irrigation provide habitat for the only introduced populations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/lavender-waxbill\/\"><strong>Lavender Waxbill<\/strong><\/a> and (more tenuously) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/burrowing-parakeet\/\"><strong>Burrowing Parakeet<\/strong><\/a>, as well as the also-rare but more widely introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/red-masked-parakeet\/\"><strong>Red-masked Parakeet<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/java-sparrow\/\"><strong>Java Sparrow<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0A few native species persist along the Kona coast, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/yellow-billed-tropicbird\/\"><strong>Yellow-billed Tropicbird<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/wandering-tattler\/\"><strong>Wandering Tattler<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/hawaiian-hawk\/\"><strong>Hawaiian Hawk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41751536 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41751536\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d3108a6\" data-id=\"4d3108a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a66d1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48a66d1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Orientation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ac0cdf5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ac0cdf5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60be1fa2\" data-id=\"60be1fa2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c31289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35c31289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Directions<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a7871be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a7871be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25d8e0d6\" data-id=\"25d8e0d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290df5a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"290df5a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kahaluu-Keauhou is along the Kona coast, about 10 minutes\u2019 drive (7 miles) south of Kailua-Kona, or 30 minutes (15 miles) south of the airport.\u00a0 Kealakehua Bay is about 15 minutes\u2019 drive (6 miles) farther south from Kahaluu-Keauhou.<\/p><p><strong><em>From Kona International Airport.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Take Route 19 (which) south for 14.5 miles, passing through Kailua-Kona (where Route 19 becomes Route 11, the Hawaii Belt Road), turn west on Kamehameha III Road, then go another half-mile to the Keauhou Bay Sheraton Resort.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6392345e\" data-id=\"6392345e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d061812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"4d061812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Kahaluu-Keauhou&#038;t=m&#038;z=10&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Kahaluu-Keauhou\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Kahaluu-Keauhou\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74d6abce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74d6abce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e887c08\" data-id=\"e887c08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290cc8f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"290cc8f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Birdfinding<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52db2422 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52db2422\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62a0c6ab\" data-id=\"62a0c6ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18b77261 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18b77261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Keauhou Bay.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The Sheraton Kona Resort &amp; Spa at Keauhou Bay is a well-watered garden on the coastal desert, which supports a fair diversity of introduced birds.\u00a0 The most unusual is Hawaii\u2019s only known flock of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/burrowing-parakeet\/\"><strong>Burrowing Parakeet<\/strong><\/a>, which has been seen most often just south of the golf course at the Lekeleke-Kuamo\u2019o Burial Grounds, beside Kualanui Point.\u00a0 More common at the resort itself, and in the adjacent town of Kahaluu-Keauhou is the much more firmly established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/red-masked-parakeet\/\"><strong>Red-masked Parakeet<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p>Keauhou Bay is the approximate center of abundance for the Hawaiian population of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/lavender-waxbill\/\"><strong>Lavender Waxbill<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Four additional waxbill species have occurred regularly at times, but in recent years mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/common-waxbill\/\"><strong>Common Waxbill<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/java-sparrow\/\"><strong>Java Sparrow<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Other locally common introduced songbirds include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/yellow-fronted-canary\/\"><strong>Yellow-fronted Canary<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/yellow-billed-cardinal\/\"><strong>Yellow-billed Cardinal<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/saffron-finch\/\"><strong>Saffron Finch<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61d6c2cc\" data-id=\"61d6c2cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b89d32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36b89d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BurrowingParakeet58.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-77566\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BurrowingParakeet58.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BurrowingParakeet58-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe17b43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fe17b43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/burrowing-parakeet\/\">Burrowing Parakeet<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/103750001\">\u00a9 Fernando Angulo<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1dc8d15f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1dc8d15f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbe801f\" data-id=\"6bbe801f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16064288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16064288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kahaluu-Keauhou.Topo-View.labeled.2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-88185\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kahaluu-Keauhou.Topo-View.labeled.2.png 871w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kahaluu-Keauhou.Topo-View.labeled.2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kahaluu-Keauhou.Topo-View.labeled.2-768x559.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c9fa6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c9fa6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2f9538\" data-id=\"b2f9538\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06f623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Hokulia Shoreline Park.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 In the town of Kealakehua, approximately four miles south of Keauhou Bay, turn west on Halekii Street and follow it down through the Hokulia estates and golf course to reach Hokulia Shoreline Park.\u00a0 Just before the parking area, the road passes beside two ponds (i.e., water traps on the golf course) among sparse trees and shrubs, plus a third pond, set back to the south.<\/p><p>These isolated wetlands attract waterbirds which have included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/hawaiian-goose\/\"><strong>Hawaiian Goose<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/hawaiian-stilt\/\"><strong>\u201cHawaiian Stilt\u201d<\/strong><\/a>, White-faced Ibis, and several species of migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/black-francolin\/\"><strong>Black Francolin<\/strong><\/a> occurs along with the more expected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/gray-francolin\/\"><strong>Gray Francolin<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The introduced songbirds found at Keauhou Bay also occur here, including Lavender Waxbill.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/red-avadavat\/\"><strong>Red Avadavat<\/strong><\/a> may occur more consistently at Hokulia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86e8eba\" data-id=\"86e8eba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2cb810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2cb810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LavenderWaxbill1-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-39805\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519e826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"519e826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/lavender-waxbill\/\">Lavender Waxbill<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/205092041\">\u00a9 Dubi Shapiro<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7e9164 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7e9164\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0861372\" data-id=\"0861372\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1ef30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d1ef30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>(Note that Hokulia Shoreline Park is open to the public under an agreement that the Hokulia developers needed for approval of their development plan.\u00a0 We expect that the park will remain open to visitors via the Hokulia extension of Halekii Street indefinitely.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-290a632 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"290a632\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78a44fe\" data-id=\"78a44fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa97bd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa97bd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Kealakehua Bay.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 The Captain Cook memorial obelisk beside Kealakehua Bay, which marks the site of the explorer\u2019s death, is among the state\u2019s premier tourist attractions.\u00a0 Most visitors view it from a boat boarded across the bay at Napo-opo-o Pier, in the town named Captain Cook.\u00a0 These tours often produce sightings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/yellow-billed-tropicbird\/\"><strong>Yellow-billed Tropicbird<\/strong><\/a>, which nests in the cliffs overlooking the bay, and infrequently other seabirds: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/red-tailed-tropicbird\/\"><strong>Red-tailed Tropicbird<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/wedge-tailed-shearwater\/\"><strong>Wedge-tailed Shearwater<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/great-frigatebird\/\"><strong>Great Frigatebird<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/brown-booby\/\"><strong>Brown Booby<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/brown-noddy\/\"><strong>Brown<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/hawaiian-noddy\/\"><strong>\u201cHawaiian Noddies\u201d<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><p>It is also possible to reach the monument on foot, via a 2-mile trail (4-mile round-trip hike), which begins near the start of Napo-opo-o Road, just below its intersection with Route 11.\u00a0 The trail has produced many sightings of Lavender Waxbill\u2014among other waxbills, including Common, Java Sparrow, Red Avadavat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/scaly-breasted-munia\/\"><strong>Scaly-breasted Munia<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/african-silverbill\/\"><strong>African Silverbill<\/strong><\/a>\u2014and a few other birds of likely interest to many visitors, such as Yellow-billed Tropicbird, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/hawaiian-hawk\/\"><strong>Hawaiian Hawk<\/strong><\/a>, and Yellow-billed Cardinal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-844ff20\" data-id=\"844ff20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ffb37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7ffb37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/YellowbilledCardinal15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-84225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/YellowbilledCardinal15.jpg 480w, https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/YellowbilledCardinal15-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa771d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afa771d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/yellow-billed-cardinal\/\">Yellow-billed Cardinal<\/a> at Kealakua Bay.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/214779301\">\u00a9 Nick Kalodimos<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d32ff25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d32ff25\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d00afca\" data-id=\"3d00afca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d343a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d343a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Pu\u2019uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park (\u201cCity of Refuge\u201d).<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Many tourists continue south from Kealakehua Bay to visit the companion attraction, Pu\u2019uhonua O Honaunau (meaning \u201cplace of refuge\u201d at Honaunau) National Historical Park, more popularly known as the City of Refuge.\u00a0 This site is worth visiting for its cultural and historical significance, but it tends to produce fewer interesting bird sightings than the other sites described above.<\/p><p>A few shorebirds can often be found on the large lava headland, usually including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/pacific-golden-plover\/\"><strong>Pacific Golden-Plover<\/strong><\/a>, Ruddy Turnstone, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdfinding.info\/wandering-tattler\/\"><strong>Wandering Tattler<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Other birds seen regularly on the park grounds are mostly introduced species mentioned above, including Lavender Waxbill and Yellow-billed Cardinal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27437982 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27437982\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1250ad00\" data-id=\"1250ad00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-778ed9d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"778ed9d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Services<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34f9e61e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34f9e61e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a22564b\" data-id=\"7a22564b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3501fde4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3501fde4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Accommodations<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-275944e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"275944e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f50ea9\" data-id=\"4f50ea9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddd58ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ddd58ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Kailua-Kona area has many hotels, including Kahaluu-Keauhou\u2019s famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriott.com\/hotels\/travel\/koasi-sheraton-kona-resort-and-spa-at-keauhou-bay\/\"><strong>Sheraton Kona Resort &amp; Spa at Keauhou 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