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About Hamakua Marsh is a smaller wetland (23 acres) historically connected to and immediately downstream of Kawainui Marsh. It also provides significant habitat for several of Hawaii's endangered waterbirds and is designated as a Hawaii State Wildlife Sanctuary. (Source: US Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=D4A7DC1F-1143-3066-4092D25645083ABB )
Notable birds Black-Crowned Night Herons, Hawaiian Coot or 'alae ke'oke'o, the Hawaiian Moorhen or 'alae 'ula, the Hawaiian Stilt or kukuluae'o, and hybrids of the Hawaiian Duck or koloa maoli.
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