Chickens Gone Wild!
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canyonwalkerOahu travelog #5
Manoa Falls Trailhead, Honolulu HI - Fri, 24 Dec 2021, 9am
Our hike to Manoa Falls today begins with an experience we thought we left behind in Kauai when we visited a few years ago: Chickens Gone Wild!
Chickens were brought to Hawaii long ago by European settlers. Keeping them penned up was too much effort so they let them run free-range. Some went wild. Now, on the island of Kauai, chickens are everywhere. I think it helps that there are no natural predators like foxes or hawks. They wander across people's yards, stand in parking lots, strut around on the lawns in front of hotels and condos, and even sit in the sand on beaches. Chickens are everywhere in Kauai.
Not all the islands have Kauai's chicken problem. I don't recall seeing them on Maui, for example. And I haven't seen them in the downtown areas of Honolulu. Out here where quiet residential neighborhoods give way to wilderness, though, seems to be where they roam.
Manoa Falls Trailhead, Honolulu HI - Fri, 24 Dec 2021, 9am
Our hike to Manoa Falls today begins with an experience we thought we left behind in Kauai when we visited a few years ago: Chickens Gone Wild!
Chickens were brought to Hawaii long ago by European settlers. Keeping them penned up was too much effort so they let them run free-range. Some went wild. Now, on the island of Kauai, chickens are everywhere. I think it helps that there are no natural predators like foxes or hawks. They wander across people's yards, stand in parking lots, strut around on the lawns in front of hotels and condos, and even sit in the sand on beaches. Chickens are everywhere in Kauai.
Not all the islands have Kauai's chicken problem. I don't recall seeing them on Maui, for example. And I haven't seen them in the downtown areas of Honolulu. Out here where quiet residential neighborhoods give way to wilderness, though, seems to be where they roam.
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Date: 2021-12-27 02:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-27 08:06 pm (UTC)I don't think O'ahu has as much of a problem with wild boar as we have on the Big Island. We almost hit one coming back from a concert (at night) a couple of weeks ago! That was certainly enough to keep one awake the rest of the trip. We've heard them around here, and even seen one further down-hill from us.
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Date: 2021-12-27 10:00 pm (UTC)