Endangered Waterbirds Breed at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park - Big Island
Morin M. 1993. Endangered Waterbirds Breed at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park - Big Island. Hawaii's Forests and Wildlife. 8(1):7
For the second year in a row, endangered waterbird breeding is being monitored at Aimakapa and Kaloko fishponds. Ten floating wooden platforms and ten hardware cloth and float baskets were put in the ponds in late 1992, five per pond. Mongoose were trapped and vegetation cleared . As of March, 93, there were 5 nest attempts by Hawaiian stilt in Aimakapa Fishpond and 3 Hawaiian coots nests. Some eggs were laid and hatched by both species. There are no breeding waterbirds at Kaloko Fishpond, and waterbirds are almost never seen there. Mangroves and pickleweed have had to be removed from this pond.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Morin, Marie
- Units
- KAHO
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Aves (Birds), Birds, Breeding, coot, Fishponds, Forestry, stilts, Threatened & endangered animals, Waterbirds