The Hawaiian islands are the most isolated and remote archipelago in the world. Kauai is the oldest of the archipelago, and therefore Kauai flora and fauna has the longest amount of time to reach the lushness and diversity Kauai has to offer.
Hawaii's official State bird is the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, but on Kauai, everyone jokes that the "official" birds of the Garden Island are feral chickens, especially the wild roosters. Wikepedia says the "mua" or red jungle fowl were brought to Kauai by the Polynesians as a source of food, thriving on an island where they…
The Hawaiian islands are the most isolated and remote archipelago in the world. Kauai is the oldest of the archipelago, and therefore Kauai flora and fauna has the longest amount of time to reach the lushness and diversity Kauai has to offer.
Hawaii's official State bird is the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, but on Kauai, everyone jokes that the "official" birds of the Garden Island are feral chickens, especially the wild roosters. Wikepedia says the "mua" or red jungle fowl were brought to Kauai by the Polynesians as a source of food, thriving on an island where they…