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This Week in Bird News: Hawaiian Edition

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With climate change appearing to expand the skeeters’ range, according to recent research in Science Advances , the birds have fewer safe places to hide. The festival includes a chance to check out the brand-new Hawaii Island Coast-to-Coast Birding Trail , which stretches from Kona to Hilo, as well as to hop on board a pelagic cruise.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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But the essence can be distilled in just a few lightly edited sentences taken from introduction and discussion sections: The Nihoa Millerbird is a critically endangered species, and plans to increase its population and reduce the potential for extinction include the translocation from Nihoa to Laysan Island.