Kealia Pond National Wildlife Reserve

Kealia Pond National Wildlife Reserve Review

Natural wetlands have become rare in the Islands, and the 700 acres of this reserve attract migratory birds and other wildlife. Long-legged stilts casually dip their beaks in the shallow waters as traffic shuttles by. If you read the interpretive signs on the boardwalk, you can learn that endangered hawksbill turtles return to the sandy dunes here year after year. Sharp-eyed birders may catch sight of migratory visitors such as an osprey. The boardwalk stretches along the coast by North Kihei Road; the main entrance to the reserve is on Highway 311 (Mokulele Highway). A new visitor center with the reserve headquarters and exhibits is scheduled to open in mid-2011.