http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2012/01/20/native-bird-molt/ Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2012/01/20/native-bird-molt/#comment-6209 Cheryl Ernst Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:07:12 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=3582#comment-6209 Read the Midweek article about Rebecca Cann’s work at http://www.midweek.com/rebecca-cann/

]]> http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2012/01/20/native-bird-molt/#comment-5278 Leonard Freed Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:12:54 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=3582#comment-5278 An interesting question. There are so few native birds left on Oahu and no old growth forests really exist comparable to Hakalau. White-eyes are clearly the most abundant bird on this island, but there are few other birds. You might be right if white-eyes were increasing on Oahu, but nobody has checked that recently. Also, nobody has inspected molt in any other area on any island in as detailed a fashion as we did.

]]> http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2012/01/20/native-bird-molt/#comment-5252 Rick Barboza Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:11:12 +0000 http://www.hawaii.edu/news/?p=3582#comment-5252 Has this been documented on other islands like O’ahu were native bird populations are really small vs. the dominant mejiro numbers? The O’ahu birds must really be starving considering the greatly reduced feedable areas on top of the large quantities of mejiro. Time to start making green (non amakihi, Oahucreeeper, Akialoa and O’u of course) feather leis, fishing flies, dusters, capes, and helmets!

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