#hawaii sea birds

Sierra Club: State’s Ultra-Bright Streetlights Threaten Hawaiʻi’s Birds

Director Marti Townsend said that while the organization applauds the state’s commitment to energy-efficient lighting, she said the particular fixtures selected will “increase visual light pollution, impact seabirds, and flood the North Shore with zombie lights.”

Kauaʻi’s Endangered Seabirds Being Monitored by Radar

Annual seabird radar monitoring work has begun in conjunction with the start of the breeding season for both both ‘a‘o (Newell’s shearwaters) and ua‘u (Hawaiian petrels) on Kauaʻi.