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Six species from the Hawaiian Islands 😞
The Search for Lost Birds, a collaboration between American Bird Conservancy (ABC), BirdLife International, and Re:wild, has developed the most complete tally of bird species that are lost to science. Of the approximately 11,849 species of birds, 126 me...
Epiphytic 'Olapa on old-growth ohia.
, Dryopteris wallichiana
"Austronesian peoples voyaged from Taiwan to Madagascar, New Zealand and Hawaii in outrigger canoes."
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
"...there is no evidence that the green, red and yellow striped flag ever existed."
Another example of misinformation centers on the Hawaiian national flag. Lately, there is a common misunderstanding that the current flag that has the Union Jack at the top left corner is not Hawai…
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Explore essential citizen science tools—iNaturalist, eBird, and 643pest.org—that empower you to protect Hawai‘i from the next super invader. Join experts Mol...
May 2024.
"Before 2020 I had no interest whatsoever in this avian extravaganza. I barely registered its existence. I knew only a few of the birds that show up regularly in my yard—Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee. Gulls were just “seagulls”; terns were just terns. I was completely unaware that each of these groups encompassed numerous species, each one distinctive in its appearance, voice and habits. But then the pandemic hit. There was nowhere to go, nothing to do. I started watching the birds in my yard out of sheer boredom, using the Merlin bird identification app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to figure out which species were visiting my feeder and recording my observations in the eBird online database, which helps me keep track of the species I’ve seen and supports scientific research."
There has never been a better time to be or become a birder
"Modern bird groups, it turns out, appeared within a small window of 5 million years after the mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The researchers found that these early birds experienced rapid increases in population size, evolution speed and brain size during this time...“After an asteroid hit the Earth, birds made the most of the opportunities that opened up after these extinctions to become one of the most diverse and successful groups of animals,” study co-author Jacqueline Nguyen, a paleontologist at Flinders University in Australia, told Mongabay."
Scientists have created the largest and most detailed bird family tree ever, showing how various species are related to each other and how they evolved over the past 93 million years. The study, published in Nature, looked at the genomes of 363 bird species, representing 92% of all bird families. .....
R.I.P. Mom 💔
March 2024. 🌺
On our journey through the lush tropics, we will look at the ecosystems that define these paradisiacal regions, the intricate lives and behaviors of the birds who dwell there, and the conservation challenges they face. Our first destination is the
On our journey through the lush tropics in our new blog series, we will look at the ecosystems that define these paradisiacal regions, the intricate lives and behaviors of the birds who dwell there, and the conservation challenges they face. Our first destination is the Hawaiian archipelago, where Owen has encountered mesmerizing species such as the I'iwi, a striking bird also known as the scarlet Hawaiian honeycreeper and one of the state’s many forest birds.
Learn more about the forest birds of Hawaii on the new blog here: https://owendeutsch.org/forestbirdshawaii
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