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Lilac-Breasted Roller - Amboseli National Park, Kenya
EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM
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josephandrews222
I Shot the Sheriff, but I Did Not Shoot the Deputy
Speaking of Hawaii:
The first four paragraphs--
MAKAWAO, Hawaii — Inside a barn, atop a dormant volcano on Maui, a pair of birds is building a nest. It’s their kind’s last chance to survive in our rapidly warming world.
This is the ‘akikiki. This little, silver bird holds the unenviable title of being the most endangered bird in the United States. A grim census earlier this year found only five left in the wild on the neighboring island of Kauai, its native home.
So here at the Maui Bird Conservation Center, their human caretakers have brought the pair of potential lovebirds everything they need to weave a nest and save their kind: fern hair, forest moss, cocoa fibers, even spiderwebs. Plants sprouting from high shelves simulate the rainforest canopy. An overhead water system mists to mimic the wet weather of Kauai’s forests.
“It’s the last effort to save the species,” said Jennifer Pribble, who oversees operations at the bird sanctuary.
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I have learned much from those who post on CR...perhaps the Washington Post link above (which does include images) will catalyze a post or three here that will add to my knowledge of birds, endangered birds, and endangered birds in Hawaii...along with some fantastic images obtained with Canon gear.
A few weeks ago, we spent a week on the North Shore of Kauai (Princeville, my first visit), and I was able to acquire only a small number of images of birds that were worth keeping. My admiration for those who, in my mind, are the real birders here at CR...grows every time I visit someplace new to me...and return more-or-less emptyhanded as far as images worth posting are concerned. Maybe next time...
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