Breaking News: Patrick Ching's "Manu O Kū Lē'ahi"  was selected as the 2025 HAWAI‘I WILDLIFE CONSERVATION/GAME BIRD STAMP CONTEST WINNER.
 
*This original acrylic painting is 14”x18”. The birds were inspired by photographs by Marilyn H.Q. Potter (parent bird) and Melody Bentz (chick). This original painting is available for a limited time at Patrick’s 30% OFF Birthday Special Price using Promotional Code CCH.
*In Addition, 25% of the sale of this original will go to the Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, for their important contributions toward the protection of our precious natural areas.
 
Artists were invited to submit entries to the Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DLNR).  Patrick's painting included a parent feeding a chick a meal of small fish, with Lē'ahi (Daimond Head) in the background.
 
Patrick entered this contest once before in 1996, the very first year of the contest. He won it that year with his painting entitled "Hanalei Revisited" featuring the nēnē (geese) in Hanalei Valley. 
 
The name "Manu o Kū" literally means "bird of Kū" (God of war). It is a Hawaiian urban-community forest bird. They do not build nests; eggs are laid on tree branches as well as man-made structures. 

Since the first recorded nest near Koko Head in 1961, the population in urban O'ahu has risen steadily and now the Manu o Kū is the official bird of the City and County of Honolulu. 

The wildlife conservation stamp is a requirement for Hawai‘i state hunting licenses and will also be available to stamp collectors.
 
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