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Explore Makalawena Marsh, Kekaha Kai State Park, Big Island, Hawaii
The wetland area behind Makalawena beach (the shore of Puʻu Aliʻi Bay) is listed as a National Natural Landmark. It is known as ʻŌpaeʻula Pond (Hawaiian for "red shrimp"), and was the site of an old fishing village of 7 or 8 houses, wiped out in the 1946 tsunami. Its 12 acres (4.9 ha) provide one of the last remaining nesting grounds of theāeʻo(Hawaiian Stilt,Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), theʻalae keʻokeʻo(Hawaiian Coot,Fulica alai), and the only known breeding area for theʻaukuʻu (Black-crowned Night Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) in Hawaii.
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