HONOLULU (KHON2) — Itʻs festival season and while we know that Burning Man and Coachella have the ears of many, it is an event this Saturday that will steal the hearts of locals of all ages.
Manu o Kū, also known as the white tern, is Honoluluʻs official bird.
You may not notice them, but if you work or live in urban Honolulu, you may have walked right past their home and not known it.
They nest in trees along busy roads, beaches and even small boat harbors.
If youʻve ever noticed trees with a blue ribbon, you likely have passed a manu o Kū, whose presence is made known by those ribbons.
The ribbons are to alert tree trimmers that there are nesting birds or even chicks in those trees.
Aside from nesting in questionable spots, these birds are strikingly beautiful with white plumage, black eyes and a black bill.
Learn more about these birds at the Manu o Kū Festival at ʻIolani Palace at 10 a.m.
Itʻs a free event with guest speakers and a bird walk where you can see the birds nesting in the trees on Coronation Lawn.