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Subject 1: Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei). Timecode In: 00:00:51. Timecode out: 00:01:17. Subject 2: Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei). Timecode In: 00:01:29. Timecode out: 00:05:17. Subject 3: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Birds ambi. Timecode In: 00:05:18. Timecode out: 00:10:32. Subject 4: (Interview). Subtitle: Jack Jeffrey. Timecode In: 00:15:14. Timecode out: 00:39:12. Notes: Po'ouli; Hawaii endangered birds. Subject 5: (Interview). Subtitle: Betsy Harrison Gagn̩. Timecode In: 00:15:14. Timecode out: 00:39:12. Notes: Po'ouli; Hawaii endangered birds. Subject 6: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Birds ambi. Timecode In: 00:39:12. Timecode out: 00:52:28. Subject 7: (Interview). Subtitle: Jack Jeffrey. Timecode In: 00:59:33. Timecode out: 01:05:58. Notes: Po'ouli; Hawaii endangered birds. Subject 8: (Interview). Subtitle: Betsy Harrison Gagn̩. Timecode In: 00:59:33. Timecode out: 01:05:58. Notes: Po'ouli; Hawaii endangered birds. Equipment Notes: Stereo=1; Decoded MS stereo. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS HAWAII - Birds - Search for the Po'ouli DAT #5 01:38 - 05:00 Betsy calling in birds + Ambience - some distinct calls [OK] [helicopters in the ambience] 11:00 - 14:30 Ambience and wind -birds not too chatty or present [NVG] Interview with Jack and Betsy: 16:18 - Q. Range of endangered birds JJ: The range of the endangered birds, specifically the parrot bill and the crested honeycreeper is a very narrow band on the east slope of Haleakala.. . .between 5,000 to 7,000 feet, maybe 12 miles long, 1-1/2 mile wide. [16:43] The range of the po'ouli within that habitat is probably estimated about 2 square miles. That's the only place on earth where po'ouli exist. [17:12] That's a real party stopper. BG: That's usually what happens, if you ask any of us about its range or its number, people will say it occupies a postage size area or that it is nearly gone, and then what else can you say, pretty devastating.. . . . . . . .the polyanna in me is still not ready to write them off, and I think that until we have done the most we possibly can to secure the habitat as a whole, if by some awful circumstances we lose po'ouli, we will not lose all the other birds in the bargain. Key is management of the habitat - whether that is predator control, keeping the fences out to keep pigs from devastating the vegetation, whatever it takes. Q. Rats? BG: Rats are the biggest predator of all. So pigs may prey on the vegetation directly, but the rats prey on the plants, insects, land snails.. . ..prey on the birds, hatchlings and eggs, devastating impact on the birds. The question become how you go about having a successful rat control program in a fragile area - rainforest like this, and that is one of the issues we are wrestling with at the moment. [19:40] Q. yesterday po'ouli captured. What happens next. BG; [1948] It was captured and banded and they removed feathers from it. Will go off for DNA testing, they are able to extract the DNA and determine the sex of the bird. Right now the other two birds are female, so we are anxiously awaiting news of whether we have another female, or we possibly have a male. Then there will be a question, do we get these birds together for an in forest date, or what do we do. Maybe this Maui creeper coming in can offer us some advice. 20:46 + [bird FX - faint] BG: 20:50 I think until we do what New Zealand has done and other countries to really get the public aware what this rainforest means, why it's important to preserve and protect, and once people understand the importance of launching a predator control program, we'll have the understanding and support. We know the area is special and wonderful. Most people don't know it even exists, can't relate to it. [21:28] JJ: The public doesn't get up here. The public and that's part of the problem. It's protected because it's isolated and... (Notes truncated)
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- Cataloged
- 22 Oct 2009 - David McCartt
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- 22 Oct 2009 - David McCartt
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- 22 Oct 2009 - David McCartt