Tag: Hawaii

Conservation

A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

December 11, 2018 by Jason Crotty 4 Comments

In addition to my monthly posts here, I have also written short pieces and feature articles that rely on bird-related scientific literature. My impression...

Conservation

For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

June 12, 2018 by Jason Crotty 1 Comment

The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the largest assemblages of breeding seabirds in the United States. These remote islands, some more...

Conservation

Endangered Species Act: Potential Downlisting for Hawaiian Goose (nene)

May 8, 2018 by Jason Crotty No Comments

More than 50 years ago, the Hawaiian Goose (Nene) was one of the first birds listed under the Endangered Species Act, part of the...

Conservation

Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

June 27, 2017 by Suzie 9 Comments

On Dec. 27, 2015 Christian Gutierrez, Raymond Justice, and Carter Mesker went on a camping trip to Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu,...

News

Do Fence Me In: Protecting the Hawaiian Petrel

November 30, 2016 by Meredith Mann No Comments

“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote poet Robert Frost. While his poem was about the dubious nature of boundaries kept in check by surly...

Birds

The ‘Alal uses tools, Climate Change Hammers Hawaii

September 20, 2016 by Greg 1 Comment

Hawaiian Crows Use Tools. From Nature, “Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow“: Only a handful of bird species are known to...

News

This Week in Bird News: Hawaiian Edition

September 14, 2016 by Meredith Mann 2 Comments

In the popular imagination, Hawaii is a tropical paradise. (No, not a magical place—you’re thinking of Tahiti, Agent Coulson.) But it’s not always so...