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1:26 Manu Minute with Patrick Hart, March 10th, 2021. Today's Manu Minute was made with recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML32588). To learn more about Dr. Hart's work, visit lohelab.org. So how does a bird that's barely the size of an apple banana from the opposite side of the world make it to Hawai'i? 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 released, potentially on accident, from an aviary near Koko Crater on Oahu in the 1960s. Around...

1:25 Manu Minute with Patrick Hart, February 24th, 2021. To learn more about Dr. Hart's work, visit lohelab.org Ae'o 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. Ae'o are known to aggressively defend their nests by dive-bombing and loudly scolding any intruder, including humans, that comes near. Ae'o are considered to be the kinolau, or physical manifestation, of the Hawaiian god Kū in his fisherman form. Wan...

Florida's unemployment rate down slightly in December to 6.1% January 22, 2021 at 11:21 AM EST - Updated January 22 at 11:21 AM Florida's unemployment rate dropped slightly in December to 6.1%, new figures released on Friday show. According to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the state's jobless rate was down 0.2% from November, and up 3.2% from the same time last year. The U.S. unemployment rate was 6.7% in December. There were 614,000 Floridians out of work in December, the figures show. You can read the full report by The United States Department of Labor just announced...