The Apapane!By Mia and Kainoa

Apapane Poem

• Apapane,• So small, lives in wet

forests,• Endemic to Hawai’I, found

in lehua trees,• Who eats the nectar, of the

lehua blossoms,• Red feathers for the adults,• Pink and brown feathers for

the young ones,• Apapane

Facts about the Apapane

The apapane eats the honey from the blossoms of the lehua tree.

The young birds have pink feathers with brown patches. The adult have red feathers.

They are endemic to Hawaii. They live in wet forests in

the ohia lehua trees or sometimes in lava tubes.

Word scramble

NepaapaHoaiHelauDreNpikNwbroRsetrfoTereWorelfCetarn

Clue: Things to do with the poem and the facts.

Activities: Draw the apapane as you

would imagine it.