Friday, November 12, 2010

Mt. Haleakala and the Rare Mountain Goose


On our second day on Maui, we visited Mt. Hale'akala. When we got to the visitor's center the first thing we noticed was a firm admonition against feeding Nēnē.


Later on we saw a Nēnē, and though it looked at us with those watery brown eyes, like all it wanted in life was a tasty snack, we did not feed it.


4 comments :

Momsie said...

Nene is probably vegetarian or gluten free right?

Amboy Observer said...

Yes, and they are lactose intolerant too, so no cheesey-puffs.

Great Grumpy Z. said...

Is it not theorized that the Ne-ne are a "lost" off-shoot of the Canadian Geese? They do resemble the CG somewhat.

Amboy Observer said...

I did not know that. But it appears Wikipedia agrees with you.

I guess it goes to show that if you can fly and float on water, you're going to be a hard species to kill off.