Hau`oli Makuahine

“Happy Mother” was inspired by meeting the ‘Alala endangered native crow on my visit to the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center at Volcano. The ‘Alala were almost exinct and are now being raised in captivity by this organization who has introduced several groups back into the wild.  In the early days of this project there were many obstacles, including mother ‘alala not caring properly for their young and deaths through predation,  but over the years the releases have resulted in the birds surviving in the wild. This image is my vision that I hold for the ‘Alala living again in the wild in large populations.

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