Giving Maui The Bird
October 30, 2007 > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays, > Superferry 1 Comment |
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Day 303 of 2007
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY - MANU: Bird
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY - “The bird of the day reaps its reward.”
Yesterday: State Senate mocks Maui by passing bill to exempt Hawaii Superferry from environmental laws. Read Honolulu Advertiser story …
October 30, 1933: The Hui Manu — a Honolulu-based organization that was formed to devote its efforts to introducing songbirds to the Hawaiian Islands — releases Mockingbirds on Maui, because, evidently, Maui doesn’t have enough birds which sing prettily. (Mockingbirds are members of the Mimidae family, with about 17 species in three genera.)
