Video Updates

MAR 14, 2023

Part II: Incubation and Early Chick Rearing. Once the egg is laid, both adults share incubation duties. During this stage eggs and chicks are vulnerable to introduced predators such as cats and black rats.

MAR 08, 2023

Part I: Arrivals, Pair Bonding & Burrow Maintenance. By mid-April, adult ‘ua‘u on Kaua‘i are returning to their burrows after spending the winter at sea. This is an important time for the ‘ua‘u as they clean their burrows and strengthen pair bonds in preparation for egg laying.

JAN 30, 2023

We found some startling footage on one of our burrows cameras – a dog repeatedly entering an ʻaʻo burrow.

SEP 22, 2022

Condensed Version. Come join us on a virtual field trip to Upper Manoa Valley to see how we monitor endangered seabirds (ʻAʻo and ʻUaʻu) in this beautiful protected area nestled in the mountains of north-western Kauaʻi!

May 12, 2022

A curious Pueo (Short-eared Owl) outside a Hawaiian Petrel burrow.

May 10, 2022

ʻUaʻu (Hawaiian Petrel) pair preparing their burrow for the breeding season.

December 8, 2021

ʻAʻo (Newell’s Shearwater) chick exercising at Upper Limahuli Preserve in the last few days before fledging.

December 1, 2021

Come join us on a virtual field trip to Upper Manoa Valley to see how we monitor endangered seabirds (ʻAʻo and ʻUaʻu) in this beautiful protected area nestled in the mountains of north-western Kauaʻi!

November 23, 2021

This infrared video captures the moment an endangered ʻAʻo (Newell’s Shearwater) – grounded by artificial lights – was rescued.

october 19, 2021

An endangered ʻAʻo (Newell’s Shearwater) chick exercising outside of its burrow in Upper Limahuli Preserve.

october 6, 2021

An endangered ʻUaʻu, 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). 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Here’s a short video showing the recovery of acoustic sensors that we deployed earlier this year along the Nāpali Coast of Kauaʻi. These units monitor the three Hawaiian endangered seabirds – the ʻaʻo (Newell’s Shearwater), ʻuaʻu (Hawaiian Petrel) and ʻakeʻake (Band-rumped Storm-petrel).

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

A feral cat entering an endangered ʻaʻo (Newell’s Shearwater) burrow in north-western Kauaʻi. Luckily this time the bird survives, as the burrow was too deep, but sadly all too often this ends in a depredation. #keepcatsindoors.

August 6, 2021

Kauaʻi multimedia artist Trysen Kaneshige paints an ʻalae keʻokeʻo at the Kawaiʻele waterbird sanctuary for the ‘Cat Safe, Wildlife Safe Kauaʻi’ project.

July 2, 2021

ARC worked with Kauaʻi artist Trysen ‘Tkay’ Kaneshige to present Newell’s Shearwater tracking data through a multimedia panel to reach a wider audience.

June 10, 2021

Kauaʻi artist Trysen Kaneshige paints a ‘cat safe, wildlife safe’ panel as an ARC Count of Kauaʻi Rise to Work employee.

May 19, 2021

Here is a short video showing our deployment last week of song meters (acoustic recording devices) on the remote cliffs of Kauaʻi‘s beautiful Na Pali coast.

April 27, 2021

Here is a short video about this weeks out-planting event in Kauaʻi ‘s beautiful Upper Manoa, where we planted over 250 plants with our partners NTBG and Hallux Ecosystem Restoration LLC.