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Sweet, Juicy Papaya‚—for the Birds!
What’s on the menu? Scrambled egg, commercial diet, and juicy, sweet papaya! As people recover from their holiday feasting, now is a nice time to reflect on feeding Hawaiian birds in a captive breeding...
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Watch the Birdies! Open House at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center
Special displays allow curious visitors to understand the “why” and “how” of the program. Last December, we held our annual open house here at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center. This is our largest...
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Sequence of Rare Hawaiian Crow’s Genome Will Assist Conservation Efforts
In collaboration with PacBio, scientists at San Diego Zoo Global and the University of Hawaii, Hilo have fully sequenced the genome of the ‘Alalā, or Hawaiian crow and shared the results of this effort...
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Hand-rearing Hawaiian Honeycreepers
Breeding season is the most anticipated time of the year at Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, one of two captive propagation centers run by San Diego Zoo Global’s Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation...
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‘Ōlapa for the ʻAlalā
Have you ever heard of ‘farm-to-table’, the trendy movement towards eating locally sourced food? Well, here at the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center (KBCC) we like to treat our birds to...
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Restoring a Hawaiian Forest for the Palila
Drive a few thousand feet up the slope of massive dormant volcano, Mauna Kea (located on the Big Island of Hawaii) and you’ll discover something rare and unusual. At roughly 6,500 feet in elevation...
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The ‘Alalā’s Favorite Fruits: ‘Ōhā Wai
The ‘alalā, also known as the Hawaiian crow Corvus hawaiiensis may look very similar to mainland crows and ravens but something important sets them apart. ‘Alalā love to eat fruit! Along with small...
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Happy H–’alalā-ween!
Set down your pumpkin spice lattes for a moment and pick up a coconut instead. In many places around the world leaves are changing colors but here in Hawaii the leaves just as lush and green as ever....
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