10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2014
And, then there are the extinct birds of Hawaii, four of which are represented here— Kaua‘i ‘O‘o, `O`u, Po?ouli, ouli, and Mamo (also known as Hawaii Mamo). Their names echo musically in my brain (and challenge my typing skills) as I look at photos fuzzy and sharp, and read tales of habitat encroachment, avian disease, and hunting.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2019
Activities such as hunting, fishing, and trapping are categorized as “consumptive” uses. In contrast, consumptive uses were minor: fishing accounted for 10 percent and hunting was just 4 percent. Kilauea Point NWR (Hawaii): 1,148,000; $34.3 Even in these reports, however, the impact of birders is not calculated independently.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2012
You can encounter them from Hawaii across to French Polynesia and Fiji. Among the threats are low level hunting in its winter range, introduced species and possibly gold mining in its breeding range. Click on this close up to check out the bristles that give the species it’s name!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2011
Here I’ll finish off what I started, looking at the lives of these amazing birds, using the pictures I took working on Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Out at sea the most common prey items are flying fish, although other prey are taken particularly when pushed to the surface by hunting tuna and dolphins.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2011
This particular example of flexibility comes from Tern Island, in French Frigate Shoals to the north of Hawaii. These two species make a good living eating seal carcasses and even hunting the chicks of other seabirds, and are correspondingly among the strongest legged of any of the petrels.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2013
The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. That means passing over the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, where you’re liable to get shot, trapped, or otherwise hunted. Take Hawaii, for example. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).
Critter News
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
In this week’s podcast ending February 13, 2010: **Britain’s Ministry of Defense defends its use of pigs as subjects in explosives testing; **an elephant expert argues for the closing of the elephant exhibit at the Toronto Zoo; **the State of Hawaii seeks to toughen penalties for dog fighting; **Animal rights groups protest the Canadian seal hunt in (..)
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