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For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

10,000 Birds

These remote islands, some more than 1,000 miles from Honolulu, are home to huge globally-significant colonies of Laysan and Black-footed Albatross, among many others. These islands and their surrounding waters are protected as part of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. They are also disease vectors. As a result, the U.S.

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Tongatapu and ‘Eua; Birding Southern Tonga

10,000 Birds

I recalled spending two days in Honolulu and seeing approximately zero native landbirds (I wasn’t trying hard, but still) and figured I might have to work pretty hard to see anything (something that might be tricky to convince my not particularly birdy companion to try).

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