Fourth-grade students from Wilcox Elementary School and Island School participated in the blessing and releases. Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf A 2015 Newell's Shearwater fledgling gets released by school teacher Rhonda Cabello,...
offer a safe breeding site to ACAP-listed Laysan Albatrosses as well as to Wedge-tailed Puffinus pacificus and Endangered Newell's P. newelli Shearwaters. Hawaiian Petrel “The Service completed an environmental assessment ( EA ) on Management Actions...
The Pacific Seabird Group held its 43rd Annual Meeting at Turtle Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, USA last week. The meeting’s abstract book reveals that a number of presentations dealt with ACAP-listed species - listed below by authors and titles. Subjects covered...
University, San Marcos, Texas, USA ) and colleagues write in the journal Waterbirds on aspects of the breeding habitat of Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli and Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensi s . The paper’s abstract follows: “Small-scale...
like many seabird species, provide useful but worrying insights into plastic pollution and the health of our oceans.” Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf Reference: Kain, E.C., Lavers, J.L., Berg, C.J., Raine, A.F. & Bond, A.L. 2016....
Seven Endangered Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli chicks have been flown by helicopter from their montane-nesting areas in the Hawaiian island of Kauai to a coastal site protected by a predator-proof fence at Nihoku within the Kilauea Point...
this season successfully fledged from the translocation site.” The translocation project is set to run for five years. A Newell's Shearwater chick, photograph by Andre Raine Read more here . John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 23 December 2016
a Hawai‘i State Seabird Sanctuary. In the late 1970s it was also the site of a cross-fostering project for the endangered Newell's Shearwater, Puffinus newelli . Few avifauna surveys have been undertaken on the islet, and none since 2007. In 2013 and...
To offset these losses, the Air Force also agreed to fund predator control at existing seabird colonies.” Hawaiian Petrel Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf “The 2015 event at the Kōke‘e Air Force Station was … especially damaging...
islet include creation of a management plan, annual breeding bird surveys, annual rat monitoring, and Barn Owl control.” Newell'sShearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf With thanks to André Raine. References: Byrd, G.V., Sincock, J.L., Telfer, T.C.,...
on declining population trends of globally Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrels Pterodroma sandwichensis and globally Endangered Newell's Shearwaters Puffinus newelli on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i . The paper’s abstract follows: “The island of Kaua‘i, Hawaii,...
on population changes in globally Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrels Pterodroma sandwichensis and globally Endangered Newell's Shearwaters Puffinus newelli on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The paper’s abstract follows: “The island of Kaua‘i, Hawaii, USA, holds...
failure to protect these Hawaiian endemic seabirds at its facilities violates the USA’s Endangered Species Act . Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf “The seabirds are attracted to bright lights, like those at the department’s airport and...
comforting and exciting to know that when they return as adults they will have a safe place to raise young of their own.” Newell's Shearwater chick, photograph by Andre Raine Read more:...
three with eggs - are being occupied by the threatened species this season”. The two Makamakaole Stream fenced enclosures Newell's Shearwaters at the entrance to an artificial burrow inside a Makamakaole Stream enclosure Two predator-free enclosures...
risk that stadium lights will contribute to the number of birds dropping from the sky when the moon is big and bright.” Newell's Shearwater, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf Read more about the ins and outs of American football and threatened shearwaters...
On 15 April the Hawaiian island of Kauai was hit by a massive storm that caused extensive flooding and damage in the northern part of the island ( click here and here ). Rainfall in the 24-hour period of the storm was measured at 48 inches [1.2 m], and...
to address in the birds’ mountain breeding sites as recent postings to its Facebook page show. “Yet another endangered Newell's Shearwater killed by a feral cat while sitting in its burrow - this one in Upper Manoa valley. While the site is actively...
The Kaua'i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project is working to reduce powerline collisions of three species of threatened seabirds on the Hawaiian island of Kauai by developing the Wildlife Laser Fence. The fence creates a visual barrier which seabirds...
into the mountains of the Hawaiian island of Kauai on two separate days earlier this month to collect globally Endangered Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli chicks from their burrows. Seventeen birds were moved from the Upper Limahuli Preserve and...
