{"id":208320,"date":"2024-12-30T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=208320"},"modified":"2024-12-30T10:23:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:23:05","slug":"endangered-native-birds-kauai-cc-loi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/30\/endangered-native-birds-kauai-cc-loi\/","title":{"rendered":"Endangered native birds find home in Kaua\u02bbi CC<\/abbr> lo\u02bbi"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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ʻalae<\/span> ʻula<\/span> (Hawaiian moorhen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A loʻi<\/span> (taro patch) at Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> has become a magnet for endangered Hawaiian water birds, where they can gather and grow their numbers. Six endangered ʻalae<\/span> ʻula<\/span> (Hawaiian moorhen) chicks hatched in the loʻi<\/span> in December. The parents had shown up a couple of months earlier.<\/p>\n

Britton McDaniels, a Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> pathways assistant, said a pair of endangered koloa maoli (Hawaiian duck) also hatched five ducklings nearby and have been seen using the loʻi<\/span>. There have been a number of endangered aeʻo<\/span> (Hawaiian stilt) sighted there this year.<\/p>\n

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koloa maoli (Hawaiian duck) with ducklings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Since their habitat is being diminished by poor water management and urban development, it\u2019s good to see these native, endangered species flourish in this area that we are protecting,” McDaniels said.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s great to see more native species coming in here and enjoying this space we\u2019ve created. They wouldn\u2019t be here if the loʻi<\/span> wasn\u2019t thriving the way that it is, and that\u2019s largely due to our loʻi<\/span> manager, Josh Fukino.”<\/p>\n

Students in the Hawaiian studies program help to tend to the loʻi<\/span>. All students and the public are invited to join in on loʻi<\/span> work days called, “Taropy Tuesdays,” 2:30–3:30 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> loʻi<\/span> is yielding more than an education in taro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[665,64,71],"class_list":["post-208320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-conservation","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t