The Hawaiian Stilt lived at Hamakua because there were many taro patches in ancient times around Keahupua`anui, the area near Hamakua.

The Hawaiian Stilt likes taro patches because little delicious to eat fish can be found in this wet garden habitat. Long ago the water at Hamakua was clean. Therefore it was a good place for the Hawaiian stilt.

The Hawaiian stilt eats crab, worms, bugs and small fish. This bird is like the Mexican stilt, but the Hawaiian stilt's body is larger and its beak is longer. They build their nests on land with rocks and branches. So it is important that they have a hidden place so that nothing can bother their brood.

I saw the Hawaiian stilt at Hamakua searching for food. Watching the Hawaiian stilt was very interesting to me. Some of them hid, but there is not a lot of foilage there nowadays. I think that the Hawaiian stilt was respected by the elders, because, it is a pretty and somewhat funny bird which did not bother humans.