Wild Nene...

I've usually only seen Nene at the zoo. It was nice catching these two on the side of the road as I drove down from Volcano to Punalu`u. They were exercising in the morning because they both had ankle weights on to add resistance to their very slow power walking. Actually, power waddling. They posed for a couple of pictures before scurrying off into the bushes to eat up all my `ohelo berries. Yes, their body, their kino, looks a lot like Canadian geese. But their spirit, their 'uhane, is 100% Hawaiian...