The Hawaiian Hawk is called 'Io -- the only hawk that is native to Hawaii. The fossil records show that at one time these raptors also lived on other islands, but only live on the big island at this time. They love the native Ohia trees which grow prolifically in our area.
This appears to be a different hawk than the one that visited us about this same time last month. There is protected forest land near here -- across from the geo-thermal plant, so our subdivision is in their range.
Phil just completed a painting (see below)
featuring the light hawk who came for lunch in April, and now he is inspired to do another painting of this one.
On our first visit to Hawaii a few years ago, one of the things we purchased was a painting by a local artist of a baby 'Io under the moon.
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