Nuʻupia Pond
This short walk along an asphalt path between H-3 and a series of protected ponds offers sightings of native wetland species and, during winter months, some less common migratory species.
Nuʻupia Pond
Wetland
Managed by: Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Important Info:
This path begins after the crosswalk on Kaneohe Bay Drive just before the turnoff to Kaneohe Marine Corps Base. The path continues along the west side of Nuʻupia Pond and concludes before the Marine Corps Base entrance. Please note that beyond this pathway access to the Marine Corps Base is restricted to military and authorized personnel. Binoculars or a spotting scope are highly recommended as birds at the far end of Nuʻupia and in farther ponds will be difficult to see without.
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brant | Branta bernicla | ||
| cackling goose | Branta hutchinsii | ||
| Eurasian wigeon | Mareca penelope | ||
| American wigeon | Mareca americana | ||
| mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | ||
| northern pintail | koloa māpu | Anas acuta | |
| green-winged teal | Anas crecca | ||
| ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris | ||
| Erckel’s spurfowl | Pternistis erckelii | ||
| red junglefowl (domestic) | moa | Gallus gallus | |
| wedge-tailed shearwater | ʻuaʻu kani | Ardenna pacifica | |
| red-tailed tropicbird | koaʻe ʻula | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| red-footed booby | ʻā | Sula sula | |
| cattle egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| black-crowned night-heron | ʻaukuʻu | Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli | |
| Hawaiian coot | ʻalae keʻokeʻo | Fulica alai | |
| Hawaiian black-necked stilt | aeʻo | Himantopus mexicanus knudseni | |
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| semipalmated plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | ||
| spotted sandpiper | Actitis macularius | ||
| wandering tattler | ʻūlili | Tringa incana | |
| bristle-thighed curlew | kioea | Numenius tahitiensis | |
| bar-tailed godwit | Limosa lapponica | ||
| ruddy turnstone | ʻakekeke | Arenaria interpres | |
| sharp-tailed sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | ||
| sanderling | hunakai | Calidris alba | |
| Wilson’s snipe | Gallinago delicata | ||
| ring-billed gull | Larus delawarensis | ||
| black noddy | noio | Anous minutus | |
| white tern | manu-o-Kū | Gygis alba | |
| Caspian tern | Hydroprogne caspia | ||
| rock pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| mourning dove | Zenaida macroura | ||
| red-whiskered bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | ||
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| red-crested cardinal | Paroaria coronata | ||
| saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| common waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
| red avadavat | Amandava amandava | ||
| African silverbill | Euodice cantans | ||
| Java sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | ||
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| chestnut munia | Lonchura atricapilla |