It was at Waimea Canyon that I first saw these smallest of the tropicbirds, the koaʻeʻkea. They soared, circled and displayed in courtship ritual, and were easily identifiable with their fabulous tails, black diagonal steaks across their wings, and black stripe along the eyes. They favor steep-sided cliffs for nesting and rearing their young, and are rarely seen off the wing otherwise. Though they are tremendous fliers that can sustain long oceanic foraging trips, their stubby legs make them ungainly on land. A single splotchy egg is laid cliffside, but forks of trees, as well as in scrapes in the ground will also suffice for nests. When not breeding, the white-tailed tropic bird forages at sea. Mālolo are a favorite food, which they can take in flight, but they are also known to take the plunge, hovering above their prey and then diving steeply right into the drink, seizing their hapless prey with their stout and serrated bill.
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