American Bird Conservancy: After Years at Sea, Hawaiian Petrel Arrives Safely Home
July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020
KAUAI, Hawaii, July 10 -- The American Bird Conservancy issued the following news release:
An historic effort to save the endangered Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), or 'Ua'u, has reached a critical milestone after years of anxious waiting by project partners: The first of 87 birds translocated as chicks and fledged from the protected haven of Nihoku at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge has returned after several years at sea. The sighting of this individual, via tra . . .
An historic effort to save the endangered Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis), or 'Ua'u, has reached a critical milestone after years of anxious waiting by project partners: The first of 87 birds translocated as chicks and fledged from the protected haven of Nihoku at Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge has returned after several years at sea. The sighting of this individual, via tra . . .