ʻO Cyanocitta cristata
ʻO ka'ōleʻele uliuli, me kona hōʻailona wiwoʻole a me kaʻoi aku o keʻano maʻalahi,ʻo ia kekahi o nā manu iʻike muaʻia a kaulana i ka United States. ʻO konaʻike a me kona makemake e kipa i nā mea hānai e hoʻokipa iā ia no ka lehulehu o nā manu manu, a he maʻalahi ka loaʻaʻana o nā jays polū ma kou pā.
ʻO Common Name: Blue Jay, Jay
Hua'ōlelo Lepekema: Cyanocitta cristata
ʻO nāʻohana Hawaiʻi: Corvidae
ʻAno:
- Bill : He lōʻihi,ʻeleʻele aʻeleʻele, stout
- Nui : 11 'īniha ka lōʻihi me ka'ūhā he 16-inch, kahi lōʻihi lōʻihi a me ka piko koʻikoʻi
- Nā Lā : Blue,ʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻo,ʻeleʻele, hina
- Nā Marking : Heʻano like nāʻano male a me ka wahine uliuli. He mau keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, he puʻu a me ka wīwī o kēia mau manu i kahi kokoke i kekahi leiʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele e hele mai ana mai kaʻai a ka umauma. ʻO ka maka o ka maka'ākau. ʻO ke poʻo, ke kuʻi, a me ke kua, he bluish keʻokeʻo,ʻo ka'ēheu a me ka huelo, he uliuli keʻokeʻo me nā wahi keʻokeʻo a me nā kīʻaleʻeleʻele likeʻole. He keʻokeʻo paha ka umauma, ka'ōpū a me nā uhi pilina, a heʻeleʻele nā wāwae a me nā wāwae. Heʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele nā maka.
He like nā kānaka uila me nā mākua, akā,ʻaʻole iʻoi loa nā kaha kiko'ī, akā, ma nā maka a me ke poʻo. ʻO ka līlū a me ka huelo he leo pōkole loa ia, a heʻoi aku kaʻeleʻele a me ka momona o ka'ōmole ma ke kino luna ma mua o nā manu makua
I ka wā o ka wā e hoʻolumalima ai, hiki i nā luleʻeleʻele ke hele pale i kekahi manawa , e lilo i nā hulu ma luna o ko lākou mau poʻo a me nā'ā'ī, e hōʻike ana i kaʻili'elehinahina ma lalo. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻoweliweli akā he māhele maoli nō ia o ka hoʻokele kala. I loko o nā pule hebedoma, e loli nā poʻo a me nā maka.
Nā meaʻai: Namu, nā hua, nāʻanoʻano, ka kānana, ka piʻi , nā'okena, nā hua manu, nā mea liʻiliʻi (See: Omnivorous )
Ka Nohoʻana a me ka Holoʻana:
ʻO nāʻano'aloʻele Blue nā mea likeʻole ma ka hikina a me ke kikowaena oʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa a me ka hemaʻo Canada mai ke kahakaiʻoʻAkelanika a hiki i nā Pōhaku Pōhaku a me ka hikinaʻo Texas Hiki i nā kānaka nui o ka'ākau ke neʻe aku i ka'āina, akā,ʻo ka nui o nā manu e noho ana ma nāʻano likeʻole i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
He mea maʻalahi kēia mau manu i nā wahi likeʻole a hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ma nāʻano nahele likeʻole a me nā kūlanakauhale, nā pā hale a me nā wahi kaiāulu kahi e noho nei nā kumu kūpono.
Nā Mahi:
ʻO ka lūlū Blue he leo nui a he pāʻele, akā naʻeʻaʻole lākou e noho kūponoʻole i ka manawa kauwela (Mei-Iulai). ʻO kā lākou kāheaʻana me ka leo nui, hoʻokūkū "do-it" a iʻole "jaaaay" e like me nā kaniuʻi. Ua loheʻia kekahi mau manu e kāhea i nā pika hawk. Hoʻohanaʻia ka hapanui o nā leo e hoʻoweliweli a hōoweliweli paha i nā manu a iʻole nā mea komo i loko o nā wahi hoʻouluʻai a mea hānai paha.
Nā hana:
Loaʻa pinepineʻia kēia mau manu i nā hui a me nāʻohanaʻohana a mālama lākou i ko lākou pūnana, a hiki i kahi o ka luʻuʻana i nā poʻe hewa, e like me nā kānaka. ʻO kekahi hōʻike hoʻoweliweli pū kekahi,ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokiʻekiʻeʻana i ke poʻo poʻokela ma keʻano koʻikoʻi loa, e like me keʻano o nā pihi hikiʻole aiʻole i mua o nā lā awakea. Ke nānā nei lākou aʻike nā manu akamai i nā nūnū a me nāʻanoʻano no ka hānaiʻana.
Ma nā mea hānai, hiki i kēia mau jays ke hoʻoweliweli a hiki ke hao wikiwiki i nā mea koho o ke koho. No ka hoʻohaʻahaʻaʻana i kēlā hana, hiki i nā manu manuʻahi ke hoʻohana i ka meaʻai hoʻolale i nā pīkī a iʻole e huli no nā jays liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e hikiʻole ke hoʻohana i ka maopopo e hiki i nā mea'ē keʻai me ka pilikiaʻole.
Hōʻano houʻia:
ʻO nā līlū Blue he manu huikahi a me nā mea paʻa male e hiki i nā manawa kau. Hiki i kahi mau mākua ke hana pū e hana i kahi pūnana puni me nā lāʻau a me nā peka, ka'ōmole, ka moa, ka mauʻu, a me nā mea hana'ē aʻe e like me ka pepa, ke aho a me ka pāʻani. Hoʻokumuʻia ka pūnana i kahi kuhi lāʻau aiʻole lālā o ka lālā i 5-20 mau kapuaʻi ma luna aʻe o ka lepo, akā ua hoʻopaʻaʻia nā nīhī kiʻekiʻe.
Hāpaiʻia nā manu male a me nā manu i ke'ōpū o ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo 3-7 āmaʻomaʻo, a huluhulu i nā hua no nā lā he 16-18. Mālama nā mākua a mālama i nā pūnana no nā lā he 18-20 a hiki i ka wā e mākaukau nā manu'ōpiopio e haʻalele i ka pūnana. Hiki i nā huiʻelua ke hoʻoulu i 1-3 mau paila i kēlā me kēia wa e pili ana i kaʻai a me ka hoʻomehana honua. ʻOiai ma hope o ka haʻaleleʻana o ka pūnana, hiki i nā jays'ōpio'ōpio ke noho ma kahi like me ko lākou mau makua a hiki i ka manawa hānau hou, ke huli lākou i kā lākou mau hoa pono'ī a me nā'āina.
Keʻimi nei i nā Blue Jays:
ʻIke koke akuʻo Blue i nā kuapapa e pili ana i nā kuhinu , nā hua puaʻa, nā meaʻai a pau i nā pīni , nā meaʻai a me ka palaoa. Me ke ahonui, e hiki i nā manu manu ke hāʻawi aku i nā meaʻai maʻamau. Hāpaiʻiaʻo Blue jays i ka wai aʻike pinepine i nāʻauʻau manu. ʻO nā kumu lāʻau'ohala kekahi e kōkua i ka hāʻawiʻana i kahi kumu iʻa maoli no ka hoʻouluʻana i nā jays blue .
Hoʻomalu:
ʻAʻole kēia mau jays i manaʻoʻia he kūlana hoʻoweliweli a iʻole e poino paha i kekahi ala, a ua hoʻohana pono lākou i ko lākou kūlana kūpono no ka hoʻololiʻana i nā wahi hou a iʻole nā loli o ka nohona. Hiki i nā pōpoki waho a me nā momona ke hoʻoweliweli ma nā wahi kaiāulu a me nā wahi ākea, akā naʻe, pono e mālama i nā pale no nā manu mai nā pōpē i nā manawa a pau.
Nā Manu like:
- ʻO Steller's Jay ( Cyanocitta stelleri )
- ʻO Kaleponi Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma Kale )
- ʻO Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma woodhouseii )
- ʻO Florida Scrub-Jay ( Aphelocoma coerulescens )