The first native bird species of my recent Hawaii birding trip was Hawaiian Goose (Nene) --- there was a flock near the Kawai'ele Waterbird Sanctuary on Kauai.

Nene is the official state bird of Hawaii & endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

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Must be amazing to see Nene in the wild (I’ve been visiting the captive ones at WWT Slimbridge on and off for my whole life pretty much). Such a charismatic goose!
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I was sooo excited to see them in the wild! One of the Hawaiian bird species that was a must-see.
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