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Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge的点评
点评：Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge lies between Kīhei and Ma‘alaea and features a rare intact coastal salt marsh habitat. It was in the news during our visit due to the color of the waters on the ocean-side of the refuge. Its name, "Kealia", meaning "salt encrusted place" and it was living up to the name. Drought conditions had reduced the freshwater outflow from the mountains increasing the salinity of the brackish of the marshland allowing for the proliferation of halophilic or salt-loving bacteria that gave the water its PeptoBismol pink color. The salinity was twice that of sea water. The small official parking lot was full and visitors were parked across the street on the shoulder; everyone wanted to witness this sight. Fortunately visitors came in waves, took their pictures, then quickly left. Even though we hung around and waited there was no wildlife viewing to be had that day on this part of the refuge.
The large inland pond was essentially dried out during our visit. During the wet season the pond will fill up and can reach a size of 450 acres.
We came back another day, this time going to the inland portion of the refuge where the visitor center was located. There was hardly anyone else here; the focus was still on the pink waters across the street. Here we saw the large ponds that once were part of large fish farms and were being allowed to return to a more natural wetlands. Some of the ponds had an orange color, again due to halophilic bacteria. There were layers of salt ringing the edges of those ponds, too. We could see the dimpled bottom of the nearly dried-out ponds; the fish would create these underwater nests for their eggs. We saw and smelled the desiccated bodies of fish along the paths.
The birding was better this time round. Numerous Hawaiian stilt (Ae’o) were flying around, feeding in the shallow waters and resting on the sand. We also spotted Wandering tattler and Ruddy turnstone. Overall, compared to Kanahā ponds our birding experience here was less satisfactory.
The large inland pond was essentially dried out during our visit. During the wet season the pond will fill up and can reach a size of 450 acres.
We came back another day, this time going to the inland portion of the refuge where the visitor center was located. There was hardly anyone else here; the focus was still on the pink waters across the street. Here we saw the large ponds that once were part of large fish farms and were being allowed to return to a more natural wetlands. Some of the ponds had an orange color, again due to halophilic bacteria. There were layers of salt ringing the edges of those ponds, too. We could see the dimpled bottom of the nearly dried-out ponds; the fish would create these underwater nests for their eggs. We saw and smelled the desiccated bodies of fish along the paths.
The birding was better this time round. Numerous Hawaiian stilt (Ae’o) were flying around, feeding in the shallow waters and resting on the sand. We also spotted Wandering tattler and Ruddy turnstone. Overall, compared to Kanahā ponds our birding experience here was less satisfactory.
翻译：Keālia 池塘国家野生动物保护区位于 Kīhei 和 Ma‘alaea 之间，拥有罕见的完整沿海盐沼栖息地。我们访问期间，由于保护区海边水域的颜色，这里成为新闻焦点。它的名字“Kealia”意为“盐覆盖的地方”，它名副其实。干旱条件减少了来自山区的淡水流出，增加了沼泽地咸水的盐度，使嗜盐细菌得以繁殖，使水呈现出粉红色。盐度是海水的两倍。小型官方停车场已满，游客们将车停在街对面的路肩上；每个人都想亲眼目睹这一景象。幸运的是，游客们一波一波地来，拍完照片后很快就离开了。尽管我们在附近徘徊等待，但那天在保护区的这一部分没有野生动物可观赏。
我们访问期间，大型内陆池塘基本上已经干涸。在雨季，池塘会充满水，面积可达 450 英亩。
我们又回来了，这次去了游客中心所在的避难所内陆部分。这里几乎没有其他人；焦点仍然在街对面的粉红色水域。在这里，我们看到了曾经是大型养鱼场一部分的大池塘，现在被允许恢复到更自然的湿地。一些池塘呈橙色，这也是嗜盐菌造成的。这些池塘的边缘也有一层层的盐。我们可以看到几乎干涸的池塘底部凹陷；鱼会为它们的卵建造这些水下巢穴。我们在小路上看到并闻到了干涸的鱼尸体的味道。
这次观鸟情况好多了。许多夏威夷长脚鹬 (Ae’o) 在飞来飞去，在浅水中觅食，在沙滩上休息。我们还发现了流浪鹬和翻石鹬。总体而言，与卡纳哈池塘相比，我们在这里的观鸟体验不太令人满意。
我们访问期间，大型内陆池塘基本上已经干涸。在雨季，池塘会充满水，面积可达 450 英亩。
我们又回来了，这次去了游客中心所在的避难所内陆部分。这里几乎没有其他人；焦点仍然在街对面的粉红色水域。在这里，我们看到了曾经是大型养鱼场一部分的大池塘，现在被允许恢复到更自然的湿地。一些池塘呈橙色，这也是嗜盐菌造成的。这些池塘的边缘也有一层层的盐。我们可以看到几乎干涸的池塘底部凹陷；鱼会为它们的卵建造这些水下巢穴。我们在小路上看到并闻到了干涸的鱼尸体的味道。
这次观鸟情况好多了。许多夏威夷长脚鹬 (Ae’o) 在飞来飞去，在浅水中觅食，在沙滩上休息。我们还发现了流浪鹬和翻石鹬。总体而言，与卡纳哈池塘相比，我们在这里的观鸟体验不太令人满意。
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