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ʻO ka moku Karipiano piha i nā manu, nā kāmaʻa, nā iʻa, a me nā'ōpili
Michele Falzone / Getty Images Mai ka manawa aʻu i hiki ai i Bonaire , hoʻomanaʻo wau no kaʻAmelika Huipūneʻe:ʻoʻoleʻa, nui ka pāʻani, a me ka hoʻonaniʻana i nā holoholona hihiu. Aia kekahi, heʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻokahiʻanoʻokoʻa loa: Bonaire he mokupuni ma ka moku Karipiano. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā holoholona hihiu,ʻo ia hoʻi keʻano o ia mau mea -ʻo ia hoʻiʻo nā kumuanas o ka'āinaʻo Bonaire -ʻoiaiʻo kekahi mau meaʻano maoliʻole e kapaʻia ka home o ka moku, e like me nā hoki holo lio a me nā kao.
ʻO ko Bonaire mau makana maʻamau,ʻo ia nō nā'ōpū e hānai ana ma ka mokupuni, nā manu lele, nā kahu hānai kai, nāʻae a me ka cacti i poke i nā'ōpoki, a ua hauʻoli loa wau e hālāwai me nā malihini o Bonaire ma nā mokupuni a me ka hele malihini kahi noho hou.
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E nānā i nā kai e nā waiʻona ma Bonaire
Ke kuhū'ōpiopio'ōmaʻomaʻo. © NOAA Ua kaulanaʻo Bonaire no ka loaʻaʻana o ka luʻu maikaʻi loa ma ka Caribbean, aʻo ia ka hapa nui loa o konaʻano hauʻoli. I ka holoʻana mai o Klein Bonaire me Woodwind Snorkel a me ka'alele,ʻike wau i nā iʻa, kahi iʻa, barracudas, trumpetfish, angelfish polū, lionfish, a me ka porcupine pufferfish, e inoa i kekahi mau mea. Ke holo nei ka iʻa a ma ka pohopo lolo nui, ka'ūpuni paipuʻaila, ka'alanako, a me ka coral gorgonian.
Akā,ʻo kaʻu punahele punahele,ʻo ia ke kāpiliʻana i nā papālia a ke kali nei eʻike i nā kuʻuna kai moana - he mea kupaianaha. ʻO ka noho wale i mua o nā mea ola e lōʻihi a lōʻihi i ka hopena, ua like nō ia me he manawa lōʻihiʻole a koʻikoʻi. Hāpaiʻia nā kahawai o Hawksbill, kaʻili, a me nā'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo i kēia mau wai: ke kahakai a me nā wai mai Bonaire, a me Klein Bonaire, ua kapaʻiaʻo kahi heiau kapu, no laila e hiki i nā malihini ke hoʻokipa i kēia kula maikaʻi no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
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Ua ola nā National Parksʻo Bonaire me nā manu
Westend61 / Getty Images Ma ka huakaʻi i ka'ākau o ka mokupuni, ua kū wau ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Goto Meer, he lokoʻauʻau nui me nā heluʻike nui ma Bonaire i ka Washington National Park Slagbaai. Mai kaʻikeʻana ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Kaminda Goto,ʻike au i nā pelicans, nā meaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele, nā ahi ahi, nā plovers, a me nā manu kukui'ōpiopio, nā mea i kuhiʻia i ke kuʻi, a me ka ulu'ōmaʻomaʻo.
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Holo ka Cacti me Agave i Bloom
ʻO ka mockingbird nui ma ka Bonaire cactus. © Grace Lentini Hoʻopiliʻia ka pulle a me ka pect cacti i ka honua ma ka papa; he pua nani nāʻano o nā agave, he nani ia e nānā ai. Hoʻonui ka pua o ka agave i ka lāʻau i ka mea iʻikeʻia he mau kapuaʻi he 10 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, me nā pua uliuli nāhā; hiki i kēlā me kēia pua ke ulu i kahi ulu ulu.
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Hauʻoli i ka Amazon Yellow-Shouldered!
Yellow Shouldered Amazon ma Bonaire. © Grace Lentini Ke haʻalele nei i ka papa a hoʻokele kaʻawaleʻo Kaminda Goto ma ke ala e hiki aku ai iā Rincon, ka noho mua loa ma Bonaire, koʻu alakaʻi a ua kū au ma Dos Pos, aʻelua paha Wells. Ua kapaʻiaʻo Dos Pos e like me kahi Mākaʻikaʻi Moana Ma o Birdlife International; maanei eʻikeʻoe i nā alahele me nā nani nani o ka noho a puni.
Hoʻopau mākou no ka mea, he wahi punahele nui ia no Amazon, he'ōmaʻomaʻo kōmaʻomaʻo, he'ōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo, he'ōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo ma kahi o 13 iniha. Loaʻa kaʻilima o ka manu a puni ka honua, lilo ia i meaʻikeʻole. ʻOiaiʻaʻole wau iʻike i kekahi maʻaneʻi, uaʻike au i kekahi manawa i ka wā e hele aiʻo Bonaire's Cadushy Distillery ma hope o ka huakaʻi. He manamea a he poofy lākou, a ua hāpai au i kahi aniani o ka cactus liqueur kaulana kaulana o ka mokupuni no ka hauʻoli i kaʻikeʻana i kēia mau manu loloa a nani i ka nahelehele.