Laserfiche WebLink
important area for Palila and can then target that area for more intense predator <br /> removal and hopefully predator, like complete predator protection. And the other <br /> method that we're looking at expending in the next year or so is rear and release. So, <br /> from this methodology we're going to do is collect eggs from wild Palila, because what <br /> typically Palila when their egg....they'll readily re-nest, so the idea is we're trying to <br /> double their output for one (1) year. So, we can go and collect the egg from the wild <br /> nest, bring those into captivity, rear them up until they are like fledging birds and <br /> release those back into the wild flock in the same fall period. So, they can integrate with <br /> the wild birds and learn strategies, basically the hope is to effectively double the output <br /> of all those Palila pairs that we are able to find in the wild nesting. And so, what this is <br /> going to entail is the construction of a flight aviary, so it would be about 100 feet by 100 <br /> feet aviary, near the Palila discovery trail. Then we'll actually have birds out on the <br /> landscape in the aviary, once they have been there for a few weeks following their <br /> transition from captivity they actually be release into the wild flock. So, hopefully this <br /> will increase the number of Palila, but also bring them back to that area where there are <br /> a lot of good resources and restoration and predator control occurring. And just to <br /> provide a little bit of an end goal scenario I want to highlight the Palihoa, this is a native <br /> finch species that is found on Nihoa, and this one is amazing. They currently live on an <br /> Island Nihoa that is about one hundred seventy (170) acres. And on that Island, they <br /> have density of birds they have about forty-three (43) birds per acre. So, you can think <br /> back Palila was about around two (2) birds per acre in an area where there were no <br /> predators, and habitat has been regenerating and it's in pretty...in it's in safe...and they <br /> are completely safe from predators...their population could really increase in a relatively <br /> small area. So, this gives me a lot of hope for work going on in that Palila refugia area. <br /> We can really buckle down on predators and really get that habitat into better <br /> conditions, we have a lot of potential for these birds to rebound. Yeah, there is a lot of <br /> different things impacting them here on the main Islands that these birds out in the <br /> Northwestern aren't dealing with. Also, the big caveat is these Palihoa on Nihoa, they <br /> are very generalist, so they'll eat everything from dead seabirds to seabird eggs, to grass <br /> seeds to insects. <br /> NOTE: Caveat a warning or proviso of specific.s..t lcat�, , „'>, conditions, or limitations. <br /> NOTE:Generalist:In environmental science, a generalist is a species with a broad ecological <br /> niche, characterized by its ability to adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions, consume <br /> diverse food sources, and thrive in various habitats. <br /> Where as Palila are really specific to Mamane, so they are never going to quite get to <br /> these densities, but historical densities of Palila as many as 4-5 birds per acre. So, <br /> hopefully in an area where we are doing intensive management, we can get that...those <br /> numbers again. So yeah, that's pretty much everything I have today and I'm sorry that <br /> there was a lot of information and I'm happy to take any questions. Yeah, I just <br /> 15 <br />