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Read the full newsletter Bird Droppings: 10 things we want to share about Hawaiʻi ʻAukuʻu (Black-crowned Night Heron) The remarkable Black-crowned Night Heron is the most widespread heron in the world breeding on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. This Hawaiʻi native waterbird’s favorite food is fish, especially the introduced tilapia. But ʻaukuʻu are opportunists that eat anything they […]

Read the full newsletter 12 things we want to share about Bulbuls Hawaiʻi’s two bulbuls, Red-vented and Red-whiskered, are native to India and Southeast Asia. Both species appeared on Oʻahu in the mid-1960s, the result of cage releases. Bulbuls were then (and still are) on Hawaiʻi’s list of birds prohibited from import. In 1966 and 1967, Oʻahu’s first wild Red-vented

Read the full newsletter 10 things we want to share about Honolulu’s manu o Kū (White Terns) Although Manu o Kū breed worldwide on tropical and subtropical islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, one group has chosen to raise their young in Honolulu. The first record of this seabird breeding on Oʻahu was

Read the full newsletter Bird Droppings: 10 Things We Want to Share About ʻAlae ʻUla, the Hawaiian Gallinule 1. The ʻalae ʻula is a waterbird found only in Hawaiʻi, meaning it is endemic. It’s also endangered due to wetland losses. 2. Only about 700 ʻalae ʻula remain, all in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu wetlands. 3. This member of the rail family

Contribute to the Conservation of Hawaiʻi’s Birds The work that federal employees perform in Hawaiʻi’s wildlife refuges to keep our native birds safe and reproducing is often unseen and underappreciated. These dedicated workers maintain water levels in wetlands, control flooding, and remove choking weeds. Some employees nurture seedlings and plant koa and other native trees

Read the full newsletter 10 things we want to share about Red-crested Cardinals (AKA Brazilian Cardinals and Red-headed Cardinals) The species is native to northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The Hui Manu Society (the forerunner of the Hawaiʻi Audubon Society) introduced an unknown number of these birds to Oʻahu and Kauaʻi between

Read the full newsletter Bird Scratching: 10 Things We Want to Share About Chickens Southeast Asia’s native Red Junglefowl are the main ancestors of today’s domestic chickens, however, interbreeding with three other Asian junglefowl species occurred later. Humans have been breeding, and transporting, chickens around the world since about 6,000 B.C. Researchers believe people initially domesticated chickens for cockfighting,