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My group and I have decided to visit Kawainui Marsh, this marsh is located in Kailua. The marsh is a very dry and sunny area that is home to many different types of species. Although the marsh does have a cement walkway, it is still very disserted and many people do not go there. The ground surrounding the marsh is mostly grass with occasionally dirk patches. In the marsh there are many different islands that different species of plants and animals live on. The water at Kawanui marsh is very mercy and brown, it is mostly the run off water from the mountain. It is also Kailua’s source of fresh water, so the state makes sure that no one enters it. The most common animal species seen at the marsh are the ducks, they are also the superior species at the marsh because they are the largest, most skilled and have a wide variety of niches. They also travel in packs and are rarely seen alone. Many animals that can be seen at the marsh include, multiple species of ducks, fish, birds, insects, plants and even mosquito’s. A couple birds that we spotted at the marsh were the Alae Ke'oke'o or the Hawaiian Coot, Alae'ula or the Hawaiian Moorhen and the Kolea or the Pacific Golden plover. These are just a few of the vast amount of birds, you can find these birds swimming in the marsh ducking down for fish, laying nest high up in the trees around the water, or even floating on the nest down the marsh. Some plants that we noticed at the marsh were the Kou, which is an evergreen tree that grows about 30 ft high; many early Polynesian voyagers used this plant to make cups and dishes. Another common plant found it the California grass; this is the grass that covers most of the land at the marsh. California grass is a thick and big, and is known as a pest because it grows over other vegetation. The most common plant found at the marsh is the Red mangrove, this plant is usually found by the waters edge. A few other common plants consist of the Ewa hinahima, 'ilima and the Indian Fleabane, but these are just a select few of the many plants. I think that the Kawanui marsh is a good spot for my group and I to observe because there is much wild life, diverse species and not much human disturbance in this area. Here at the Kawainui marsh the birds and ducks have the widest variety of niches. This is because there is plenty of food for them to eat such as plants, beetles, fish, mosquitos and grass. The ducks are the largest species that lives in this marsh so there is not much competition for food. At the marsh the ducks also have a wide selection of places to nest baby birds and raise them. The ducks main source of food is fish, the brackish water at the marsh is fairly shallow so the ducks have an even easier time catching their swimming pray. As you can see in pictures below the ducks dunk their heads and even their full bodies down into the water to feed on the shiny fish below.