Ma mua o kou kohoʻana i kaʻauʻau manu, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ka nui o ka wai manu manu e loaʻa ana. Me nāʻano likeʻole, nāʻano a me nā kāhiko e hanaʻia ana, aia ka waiʻauʻau manu e pono ai nā pā kanu a pau.
ʻO ke kohoʻana i nā mea nui
He nui nāʻanoʻauʻau maʻamau e hiki ke kūʻaiʻia ma nāʻano likeʻole.
- Ka Honua :ʻO ka wai manu manu ka mea maʻalahi aʻaʻole ia he mea'ē aʻe ma mua o ke kīʻaha e waiho ana ma ka honua. Hiki ke hana maʻalahiʻia kēia mau manu lele mai nā papa shallow aiʻole nā hiʻohiʻonaʻano'ē aʻe paha me nā mea hoʻokele a me nā punawai e loaʻa. Pono nā'ōpenaʻiliahi e hāʻawi i ka wai i nā manu nui e like me nā quail a me nā kēpau, aʻo nā manu liʻiliʻi hoʻi e kipa i nā wai holoi haʻahaʻa.
- Pedestal : He paepae kiʻekiʻe ma kahi kīʻaha paepae akāʻo ka bath piha e kū ana ma ka honua. He mau loiloi wikiwiki a maʻalahi paha kēia e hōʻuluʻulu a hoʻokomo ai, akā hiki nō paha ke lilo i pōpō. Ma muli o nā hiʻohiʻona pedestal o ka poʻe i kaulana loa, hele lākou i kahi o ka hoʻolālā likeʻole.
- Ka pīpī :ʻO kahi āpau o ke ākea he paepae papau i hoʻomahaʻia i kahi kaula aiʻole ke kaulahao e kuʻiʻia ana mai kahi kīpili, lālā lāʻau, a māle paha. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona heʻoi aku ka wā iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā paeʻana o ka paepae lima, akā, heʻano liʻiliʻi hoʻi ko lākou a hiki mai i nā mīkini liʻiliʻi.
- Kahewai: Hiki i kahi punawai e hoʻokuʻu i nā wai e hoʻolālāʻia me ka paila pāpaʻu aiʻole kaʻauʻauʻauʻau. Hiki i ka wai hoʻoneʻe ke hamoho, ka pālolo, a me ka momona. He mau koho maikaʻi loa kēia no ka hoʻonāukiʻana i nā manu me ka wai , no ka hikiʻole i ka leo o ka wai a me ka hana keʻike i ka manu.
- Wela : He nui nā manu lele i loko o ka hoʻomehana māmā e makemake ana i nā manunu wela. ʻOiai e hiki i nā manu ke hoʻohana i ka ikehu caloric e hoʻololi i ka hau a me ka hau i ka wai, me kahi punawai e loaʻa ai ka wai wai e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻohana i kēlā ikehu no ka mahana a ola i ke kau anuanu. ʻAʻole i hanaʻia nā manu āpau i ka wai wela, akā, e palekana i ka pihaʻole. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻonaʻoihana nā pūnaewele hoʻohālike no ka pono o ka pono a hoʻohanaʻia.
- Ka Lulu: Ua kūkuluʻia ka manu i ka lā i nā lālā lālā e hāʻawi ai i ka ikaika no ka hoʻomehanaʻana i ka wai aiʻole e hoʻouka i ka neʻeʻana i loko o kahi pūpū a punawai paha. I kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona, hiki ke hoʻoneʻeʻia nā pani lālā inā makemakeʻia. He mau mīkini pale nui kēia akā hiki ke hana i nā hōʻailona ikaika i kahi māla.
Nā Hana Hana
Hiki keʻikeʻia nāʻanoʻokoʻa likeʻole o nāʻano likeʻole.
ʻOiaiʻo ke koi,ʻo nā manu āpau a me nā'iele ka mea maʻamau,
- ʻOhe,ʻano keleawe a keleawe paha
- Glass, pōhaku a me nā mosaics, pinepine me nā kiʻi a iʻole nā kiʻi
- ʻO Marble, no nā puna punahele
ʻO kēlā papa hana āu e koho ai no kaʻaeʻana i ka lawaiʻa he mea nui loa ia. ʻO kekahi mau mea, e like me nā mosaic sima a me ke kele,ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nāʻoihana koʻikoʻi e like me ke kaʻa a me ke kele. ʻO nā Birders i loaʻa nā mea hoʻonani'ē aʻe i loko o kā lākou māla, e like paha me nā pōpō ke nānā aku i nā'āleo a me nā kiʻi kūikawā paha, e makemake paha i kekahi mau mea pale manu no ka mea e like me nā kuhi o kēia manawa. Pili kekahi poʻe manu manu e koho i nā mea e pili ana i ko lākou kaumaha,ʻo ia ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻoneʻe i ka manu manu.
Nā koho koho
ʻAʻole wale nā manuenana i hele mai i nāʻano a me nā mea likeʻole, akā, no ka mea he mau mea hoʻolālā kāhiko hoʻonani, he nui nāʻano koho hana. Nā hōʻailona a me nā hiʻohiʻona e pono e noʻonoʻoʻia i ka kohoʻana i kahi manu lele:
- Lulu nui :ʻO kahi lipani lipopiʻo e hāʻawi aku i kahi kikowaena akā heʻanoʻano maikaʻiʻole kona.
- Ka Hoʻohoho:ʻO kahi ākea lele he 1-2'iniha ka hohonu, akā,ʻo kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona he mau shallow mokupuni a me nāʻaoʻao paha no ka hohonu hohonu.
- Loaʻa : Aia nā Birdbaths ma nāʻala a pau. ʻO nāʻano honua honua a me nāʻauwai e pili ana i ka wai e like me ka uliuli, keʻokeʻo a me ka wai.
- Nā Kiʻi :ʻO nā pae āpau o ka paepae he nui loa, akā, aia nā kīʻaha kīhāpau. ʻO nāʻano lehua a me nā pūpū e mahaloʻia no nā kaukau liʻiliʻi.
- Nā Kiʻikuhi: He nui nā manu lele e pili ana i nā kiʻi kālaiʻia a me nā kiʻi kiʻi ma luna o ka paepae a me kaʻaoʻao o ke kīʻaha. ʻO nāʻano hoʻolālā kekahi me nā lau, nā pua, nā nalu manu, nā manu liʻiliʻi, nā lūlū, nā iʻa, a me nā mea pili'ē aʻe. Hiki i nā hoʻonani'ē aʻe ke nānā like i nā pōpō.
Ka uku
No nā manu manu he nui,ʻo ka hopena hope loa o nāʻano manu manu,ʻo ia ka uku. Hiki ke kūʻai aku i nā hōʻailona maʻamau he $ 15-20, a he nui nā manu a me nā māla e hana i kā lākou mau manu lele no ka meaʻuʻuku. ʻO nā kumumanaʻo nui'ē aʻe, e pili ana i nā pale umauma a me nā pūnāwai, hiki ke uku i $ 200 aʻoi aku paha ma luna o ko lākou nui, keʻano a me nā hiʻohiʻona.
Ma ka hoʻomaopopoʻana i nāʻano manu manu e hiki ai ke kōkua i nā manu a me nā māla e koho i ka manu maikaʻi no ko lākouʻano, ka hoʻolālā māla a me ke kālā a e hoʻolako ana i kahi wai punawai no nā manu āpau.
ʻO American Robin Birdbath Photo © Amanda Hirsch