gadfly petrels Pterodroma , for later release to sea and reducing the numbers and strength of artificial lights. A downed Newell's Shearwater fledgling is released after rescue Photograph by Elizabeth Ames At one locality, the Barking Sands Pacific...
UPDATE: Abstracts now available ( click here ). An International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation ( Island Biology 2014 ) will be held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA over 7-11 July 2014. A...
analyses of fledgling Newell’s Shearwaters Puffinus newelli found beneath power lines on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i. Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwwerf The Endangered shearwater’s diet was dominated by ommastrephid squid, although it...
seabirds killed by cats have also been discovered at multiple remote sites around the island so far thisseason.” Newell's Shearwater photograph by Eic Vanderwerf Read more in news accounts in the Star Advertiser and the Garden Isle . John Cooper, ACAP...
ecological effects develop, there is potential to identify adaptive solutions that resolve these conflicts.” A fledgling Newell's Shearwater gets released after being downed by street lights in Hawaii Photograph by Elizabeth Ames Reference: Gaston,...
Preserve. Last year, at one specific Na Pali Coast site, rats alone killed 20 percent of nesting chicks” ( click here ). Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf Kauai’s burrowing seabirds are also affected by feral Domestic Cats Felis catus....
Peggy Ostrom ( Department of Zoology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, USA) and colleagues have published in the journal Oecologia on variations in hydrogen isotope values in North Pacific albatrosses and petrels. The paper’s...
The Kaua‘i National Wildlife Refuge Complex on the USA’s Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i is comprised of the Hanalei, Hulē‘ia and Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuges. This month as part of the USA’s National Wildlife Refuge Week the refuge complex is...
David Duffy and Paula Capece (Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Department of Botany , University of Hawai’i Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA) write in the open-access journal Marine Ornithology on the dangers of mongooses preying upon Vulnerable Hawaiian...
BirdLife Malta has reported 17 cases of young Scopoli’s Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea stranded inland due to the effects of light pollution in the past two weeks ( click here ). “Insensitive lighting from coastal development misleads these birds...
write in-press in the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management on identifying new suitable breeding habitat for Endangered Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The paper’s abstract follows: The Newell's shearwater, or...
against rats are practiced). Regular visits to the site are made by helicopter to the preserve to maintain the fence. Newell's Shearwater on Kaua'i, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf The KESRP collects data annually on breeding success, reasons for failure...
The Pacific Seabird Group will be holding its 42nd Annual Meeting next week in San Jose, California, USA, with the theme “A Future for Seabirds”. According to the meeting’s abstract book 10 presentations will be given on the three species of...
as two subspecies of P. auricularis . We also advocate treating the Rapa Shearwater ( P. myrtae ) as a distinct species.” Newell's Shearwater, Photograph by Eric Vanderwerf Reference: Martínez-Gómez, J.E., Matías-Ferrer. N., Sehgal, R.N.M. & Escalante,...
Seabird Recovery Project ( KESRP ) has commenced its annual monitoring by radar of nocturnal flights of Endangered Newell's Shearwaters or ‘A'o Puffinus newelli and Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrels or Ua'u Pterodroma sandwichensis at night on the Hawaiian...
them visible to birds in low light conditions. The lasers are also meant to keep other endangered seabirds safe as well.” Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf The KESRP is a Division of Forestry and Wildlife ( DOFAW ) project, administered...
of light pollution affecting nocturnal breeding seabirds, a subject regularly covered in ACAP Latest News ( click here ). Newell's Shearwater: at risk to light pollution on Hawaii, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf “On archipelagos worldwide, high numbers...
around the radar-tracking facility at Kokee Air Force Station , and 10 of the total have died ( click here and here ). Newell's Shearwater on release, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf “Officials said faulty light positioning at the tracking facility likely...
Lehua, one of the USA’s Hawaiian Islands, supports small populations of Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes and Laysan P. immutabilis Albatrosses ( click here ). Wedge-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus pacificus breed in large numbers (an estimated 23 000...
drapes and turn off lights when not needed. The ship has even darkened its NCL logo to protect native birds.” A rescued Newell's Shearwater gets released, photograph by Elizabeth Ames The Hawaiian-endemic Newell’s Shearwater is affected by light...
