Maui - Jungle Hike, Rooster

Almost as soon as we entered the jungle we encountered an old man carrying an improvised bucket full of chicken feed.  After introductions we asked him what he was up to.  The man said he'd been doing this for upwards of 50 years, keeping the chickens alive in the area after the mongoose invasion.  (Yes, there are loads of mongoose on the islands - Chenjean saw one in the back yard of our B&B and thought it was a cat at first.)  According to this man, they ate up all the bugs and things that chickens eat, so he's had to supplement their diet with his chicken feed.  An interesting character, but I didn't get the nerve to ask for a picture...