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ʻUaʻu Visits A Nesting ʻAʻo

A rare interaction between a visiting ‘Ua’u (Hawaiian Petrel) and a nesting ‘A’o (Newell’s Shearwater) in Hono o Na Pali NAR.

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ʻAʻo Chick Exercising

'A'o (Newell's Shearwater) chick exercising at Upper Limahuli Preserve in the last few days before fledging.

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Rescue of a grounded ʻAʻo

This infrared video captures the moment an endangered 'A'o (Newell's Shearwater) - grounded by artificial lights - was rescued.

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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).

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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).

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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.

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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.

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