ARC VIDEO UPDATES
ʻUaʻu chick rescued from flooded burrow
An endangered Ua’u, or Hawaiian Petrel was rescued from a flooded burrow in Hono o Nā Pali Natural Area Reserve late last week by a monitoring team from Archipelago Research and Conservation (ARC).
Recovering acoustic sensors for endangered seabirds
Here's a short video showing the recovery of acoustic sensors that we deployed earlier this year along the Nāpali Coast of Kaua'i. These units monitor the three Hawaiian endangered seabirds - the 'a'o (Newell's Shearwater), 'ua'u (Hawaiian Petrel) and 'ake'ake (Band-rumped Storm-petrel).
Trysen Kaneshige paints ʻAlae keʻokeʻo (Hawaiian Coot) panel
Kaua’i multimedia artist Trysen Kaneshige paints an 'alae ke'oke'o at the Kawai’ele waterbird sanctuary for the ‘Cat Safe, Wildlife Safe Kaua’i' project.
Cat Entering an ʻAʻo Burrow
A feral cat entering an endangered 'a'o (Newell's Shearwater) burrow in north-western Kaua'i. Luckily this time the bird survives, as the burrow was too deep, but sadly all too often this ends in a depredation.
Trysen Kaneshige Art and ʻAʻo Tracking
Tracking work on Kaua'i has revealed the routes that the endangered ʻaʻo (Newell's Shearwater) take to and from their remote mountain breeding grounds.
Trysen Kaneshige's 'cat safe, wildlife safe' panel
Kaua'i artist Trysen Kaneshige paints a 'cat safe, wildlife safe' panel as an ARC Count of Kaua'i Rise to Work employee.
Upper Mānoa Valley Outplanting
April 27th, 2021 - Out-planting event in beautiful Upper Mānoa! With our partners at @NTBGnursery and Hallux Ecosystem Restoration LLC we are creating a new home for Newell's Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels in the mountains of north-western Kaua'i.