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Budding environmental scientist Saxony Charlot inspires appreciation of Hawai‘i’s ecology through her art.

This Image of the Week comes from UH Hilo student Saxony Charlot.

Saffron finches are native to South America and were introduced to the islands around 1965. Special thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of

1:25 Manu Minute with Patrick Hart, March 31st, 2021. To learn more about Dr. Harts work, go to lohelab.org. Similar to nuthatches, these little birds forage for insects and spiders along the trunks of trees. They favor ohi‘a and will climb and hang upside down in order to get at a particularly juicy bug. As temperatures continue to warm, disease-carrying mosquitoes are invading the last high elevation strongholds for ˊakikiki in the Alakaˊi plateau of Kauaˊi. Fewer than 500 ˊakikiki rema...

1:26 Manu Minute with Patrick Hart, March 10th, 2021. Todays Manu Minute was made with recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML32588). To learn more about Dr. Harts work, visit lohelab.org. So how does a bird thats barely the size of an apple banana from the opposite side of the world make it to Hawaii? Oh, the usual way. Because of their cheerful song and pleasant appearance, yellow-fronted canaries was first brought to the islands as a cagebird. Then one was...

1:25 Manu Minute with Patrick Hart, February 24th, 2021. To learn more about Dr. Harts work, visit lohelab.org Aeo were once much more common in Hawaii, but loss of wetland habitat and introduction of mammalian predators has reduced their population to less than 1500 birds. Hawaiian stilts build their nests on the ground near shallow wetlands. Aeo are known to aggressively defend their nests by dive-bombing and loudly scolding any intruder, including humans, that comes near. Aeo are considered ...