Hawaii

  • Adams et al. (2025)

    Long-Term Trends of ‘ua‘u at Haleakalā National Park Josh Adams, Jackie Chistolini, and Emma Kelsey (USGS Western Ecological Research Center), in collaboration with Joy Tamayose (Haleakalā National Park) have been analyzing long-term records of ‘ua‘u (Hawaiian Petrel, Pterodroma sandwichensis) at Haleakalā National Park. The objectives of the effort are to determine long-term trends in ‘ua‘u…

  • Learned et al. (2025)

    The Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project (MNSRP) maintained ongoing recovery, monitoring, and management programs for listed and non-listed seabird species on Maui in 2024, and assisted in seabird monitoring and protection programs on Molokai. In addition to ongoing programs, MNSRP initiated a new project funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to survey for…

  • Orben et al. (2025)

    In January 2024, Scott Shaffer (San Jose State University; SJSU) and Yun-Xuan Lin (National Taiwan University) traveled to Midway Atoll to conduct the third season of Laysan and Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis and P. nigripes) tracking funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This project aims to understand fine-scale behavioral interactions between albatrosses and…

  • Vallery et al. (2025)

    Beth Flint, Anna Vallery, and Meagan Selvig (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Marine National Monuments of the Pacific Biology Team) visited Jarvis Island National Wildlife Refuge of Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument in August, 2024. This was the first trip to Jarvis Island by USFWS in over six years. The team conducted rapid…

  • Learned & Penniman (2024)

    Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project Regional Report – Maui, Hawaiʻi Ornithological radar surveys on Maui, Hawaiʻi In 2020 the Hawaiʻi Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) provided a marine radar to the Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project (MNSRP). The marine radar was selected to closely match that used for seabird surveys on Maui in 2001…

  • Orben et al. (2024b)

    In January 2023, Rachael Orben and Suzanne Winquist traveled to Midway Atoll, Hawaii, to conduct the second season of Laysan and black-footed albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis and P. nigripes) tracking funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This project aims to understand fine-scale behavioral interactions between albatrosses and the fishing vessels they encounter across their…

  • Raine et al. (2024)

    Work Conducted by Archipelago Research and Conservation in 2023 The team from Archipelago Research and Conservation (ARC) continued multiple long-running conservation and research programs on the island of Kauaʻi, focused on the three endangered seabirds breeding on the island: ‘Aʻo (Newell’s Shearwater; Puffinus newelli), ‘Uaʻu (Hawaiian Petrel; Pterodroma sandwichensis) and ʻAkēʻakē (Band-rumped Storm-petrel; Oceanodroma castro)….

  • Young et al. (2024)

    Pacific Rim Conservation 2023 Annual Summary In 2023 Pacific Rim Conservation (PRC) continued with our long-term seabird monitoring and conservation programs across Hawaii and Mexico. We conducted monitoring of 11 seabird species across Kauai and Oahu to determine the outcomes of various conservation interventions and to research the demography of these populations. In 2023 this…