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Upcountry Maui
Martin Frye
Latitude: +20.872661°
Longitude: -156.309842°
These are the typical dawn sounds of Kokomo, "Upcountry," Maui. Pronounced "koh-KOH-mo"
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Some birds we may hear on this stream: Acridotheres tristis | Common myna Asio flammeus sandwichensis | Pueo, Hawaiian short-eared owl Bubulcus ibis| Cattle egret Branta sandvicensis | Nēnē, Hawaiian goose Cardinalis cardinalis | Nothern cardinal Estrilda astrild | Common waxbill Francolinus francolinus | Black francolin Gallus gallus | Jungle fowl Garrulax canorus | Chinese hwamei Geopelia striata | Zebra dove Haemorhous mexicanus | House finch Lonchura atricapilla | Chestnut munia Lonchura oryzivora | Java sparrow Paroaria coronata | Red-crested cardinal Pluvialis fulva | Kolea, Pacific golden plover Spilopelia chinensis | Spotted dove Tyto alba | Barn owl Zosterops japonicus | Mejiro, aka Warbling white-eye
"Kokomo. Village, Haʻi-kū qd., Maui; said to have been originally Koa-komo, lit., koa tree entering." Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel Hoyt Elbert and Esther T. Mookini (2004). Place Names of Hawai'i. University of Hawaii Press
From Wikipedia: Contrary to popular belief, the Beach Boys' 1988 single of the same name is not based on this Hawaiian community; the song's lyrics refer instead to a fictional island near the Florida Keys.
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