10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In the popular imagination, Hawaii is a tropical paradise. (No, With climate change appearing to expand the skeeters’ range, according to recent research in Science Advances , the birds have fewer safe places to hide. And if you’re lucky enough to be on the island of Hawaii next weekend (Sept. Take birds.

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Hawaii Branding Science Birds 155

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JUNE 27, 2017

27, 2015 Christian Gutierrez, Raymond Justice, and Carter Mesker went on a camping trip to Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu, Hawaii. Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation.

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Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

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MAY 11, 2021

For example, Danny Bystrak (Breeding Bird Survey) and Dave Ziolkowski (Bird Banding Lab) of the USGS indicated that changes would not have a substantial negative impact on their programs, and would be just a “minor annoyance.” Was there confusion that impacted data collection or research or birding? Did the process work?)

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Birds Russia Hawaii Woodpeckers 264

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JULY 26, 2012

Aplomado Falcon ( Falco femoralis ) by Jon David Nelson Shakeups for shearwaters and murrelets Xantus’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ) has been split into California-breeding Scripps’s Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus scrippsi ) and Baja-breeding Guadalupe Murrelet ( Synthliboramphus hypoleucus ).

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Falcons Parrots California Hawaii 171

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2018

Specifically, the notice summarizes the long history of Hawaiian Goose conservation, including written recovery plans in 1983 and 2004 , implementation of those plans, and research, including a population viability analysis. Also, research filled in many knowledge gaps and informed conservation efforts.

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Endangered Species Species Hawaii 2018 101

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APRIL 2, 2024

Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections. I ended up looking for photographs of Peregrine hack sites, captive breeding aviaries, Hawaii tropical forest, and the California Condors of the Grand Canyon on the Internet. Endangered. Extinction. Conservation.

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California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

So, while waiting for evolution to produce new birds for our life lists is inadvisable, we sometimes catch a break and every few years get a new species or two when some genetic research or study of breeding distribution presents enough evidence to split what was once considered a single species into a few new ones.

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Ohio India Hawaii United States 113