#seabird conservation

Annual chick banding marks success in restoring native ʻUaʻu kani seabird

Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project, along with volunteers from Aloha Puʻu Kukui and Maui Land & Pineapple Company, gathered this week for the annual chick banding of the ʻUaʻu kani, Hawai‘i’s native wedge-tailed shearwater, at Hāwea Point in Kapalua.

Pacific Missile Range Facility aids in protecting threatened seabirds on Kauaʻi

The annual fledging of Newell’s shearwaters (ʻAʻo) and Hawaiian petrels (ʻUaʻu) on Kauaʻi starts Sept. 15 and runs through Dec. 15, marking a critical period for two of Hawaiʻi’s most threatened seabirds.