05-31: A Lifeline for Kauai's Birds with Lisa Crampton

The American Birding Podcast

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4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Hawaiian Island of Kaua'i is known as the Garden Isle for its lush scenery and dramatic landscapes, but that beauty hides worrying biodiversity loss and an uncertain future for the island’s native birds. Decline driven primarily by mosquito borne avian malaria have decimated populations of Hawaii's honeycreepers, but there is some hope in the form of an effort to control mosquito populations that was recently approved for use in Hawaii. Dr. Lisa Crampton is the Project Leader of the Kaua'i Forest Bird Recovery Project and she has been in the middle of a lot of conservation and research efforts around these birds. She joins host Nate Swick to talk about the ups and downs of working with species on the brink.

Also, a fantastic story of a long thought dead Kiwikiu (Maui Parrotbill) that shows the resilience of Hawaiian birds.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Ted Floyd. I am the editor of the American Birding Association's Birding Magazine,
0:06.3	and I've been out birding for much of the past week. This is my favorite time of the year with the
0:11.9	nesting season in high gear. It's also my favorite time of the year because I get to interact so
0:17.5	extensively right now with young birders at ABA teen birding camps, in connection
0:23.0	with the ABA Young Birder of the Year program, and simply out in the field enjoying birds
0:27.9	and nature together. This is also the time of the year when the ABA kicks into its nesting season
0:34.0	appeal, an urgent mid-year campaign to raise money for all our young birder programs
0:39.8	as well as the many public services like this podcast, which require funding beyond basic
0:46.0	memberships. To contribute to the nesting season appeal, please donate online at aBA.org
0:54.0	slash give or call us at 800-850-2473 and give what you can.
1:02.7	Programming at the ABA is highly cost-efficient and your donation will go directly to resources
1:08.4	for young birders and the whole community of people who care
1:11.9	about birds and birding. Again, that website is aBA.org slash give, and the phone number is
1:19.9	800-850-2473. Thank you for ensuring a bright future for birds and for birders and good birding to all of you.
1:34.3	Hello and welcome to the American Burning Podcast from the American Birding Association. I'm your host, Nate Swick. It was not necessarily my intention to make this entire episode a Hawaiian bird episode.
1:47.1	But, you know, there's not a place in the ABA area more in need of attention these days.
1:53.7	I'm excited to invite Lisa Crampton of the Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project as a guest.
1:58.7	But before we get to that fascinating fascinating, albeit sobering, conversation
2:03.5	about birds on the island of Kauai. I want to share a story that came out recently that I found
2:08.0	pretty amazing and relevant, given the topic of the discussion this week. The island of Maui
2:15.7	is home to a unique and very rare species of honey
2:18.5	creeper called the Kiwi Kiu. On the ABA checklist, it's called Maui Parrot Bill on account of
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