10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2014
New studies find that: when birds migrate from the Arctic to South America, fragments of mosses, fungi, and other “diaspores” hitch a ride (and a similar phenomenon may have spread acacia trees from Hawaii to an island in the Indian Ocean); caterpillars which feed on many different types of plants are more attractive meals for birds than caterpillars (..)
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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10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2018
It contains numerous citations to the literature, as the process must be based on the best available science. The number of wild geese has increased dramatically: in 1960, there were an estimated 30 birds on a single island, Hawaii, but the current estimate is 2,855 on Kauai, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2022
A bit surprisingly (at least to me), the Kalij Pheasant has been introduced and established as a gamebird in Hawaii. Bonus note for science nerds (not related specifically to birds): Whenever Chinese researchers give percentages, they do so up to two digits behind the decimal – thus the exact percentages in the HBW citation above.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2013
David Pavlik is doing a photographic big year, trying to photograph 500 species in the ABA-area in order to fundraise for the American Bird Conservancy’s work with the endangered bird species of Hawaii. You can follow along at Birding for Conservation , where I learned that David has already reached 270 species for 2013.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
In Hawaii I stood on a beach as albatrosses fledged and Tiger Sharks prowled for the less successful ones. There is no feeling in the world like knowing your helping something you care about, whether its sharks or puffins, protecting forests or reefs, advancing science or communities. Amazing stuff. I still have that marker.
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