Sunday, December 9, 2007

Birds at Christmas: An accounting

Wondering what that bird is that's eating your papayas?

And whose melodious call drifts through the garden?

Or which green bird is hopping through that 'ōhi'a tree on your forest hike?

(Photo: A pair of 'alae 'ula, or Hawaiian moorhens. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo.)

The Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count provides an essentially free (you may need to pay $5 to join Audubon) opportunity to learn about birds. It's open to veteran birders and rank beginners alike—so if you're in the latter category, the century-old bird count is a chance to get a free seminar in bird identification.

The society's 108th national count (the 63rd in Hawai'i) will be conducted in Hawai'i from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5.

For more information on the web see www.hawaiiaudubon.com/xmas.html for the Hawai'i count, and nationally, www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/.

Attached below is the schedule and island-by-island contact information, clipped from the Hawai'i Audubon site.

© 2007 Jan W. TenBruggencate



Island

Date

Coordinator

phone/email

O`ahu

Honolulu

Sun 12/16

Arlene Buchholz

808-988-9806
(snovakz@juno.com)

Waipi`o

Sat 01/05

David Bremer

623-7613
(bremerd001@hawaii.rr.com)

Kaua`i

*Waimea

Sat 12/22

Michelle Ho`okano
Koke`e Natural History Museum

808-335-9975
(kokee@aloha.net)

Hanalei

TBA

Brenda Zaun

808-828-1413
(Brenda_zaun@fws.gov)

Maui

Pu`u O Kaka`e (East)

TBA

Jennifer Higashino

(jenn@maui.net)

`Iao Valley (West)

TBA

Jennifer Higashino

(jenn@maui.net)

Moloka`i

Kalaupapa

Mon 12/17

Arleone Dibben-Young

808-553-5992
(nene@aloha.net)

Hawai`i Island

Volcano

12/15

Eldridge Naboa

(enaboa@tnc.org)

North Kona

1/3

Nick Mitchell

808-322-2735

*A Bird Identification meeting will be held on December 19. Call the Koke`e Natural History Museum at (808) 335-9975 for more information.


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