As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Tuesday 25 March 2014

ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES: Nene geese nest on Oahu for first time since 1700s

POSTED: 12:11 p.m. HST, Mar 24, 2014 
LAST UPDATED: 02:23 p.m. HST, Mar 24, 2014


The bird is an endangered species found only in the Hawaiian Islands. There are more than 2,000 remaining in the wild.

Endangered Hawaiian geese have been spotted in the wild on Oahu for the first time in centuries, a federal agency said Monday.

A pair of nene nested and successfully hatched three goslings at a national wildlife refuge near Kahuku on the North Shore, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.

Authorities have been flying nene from Kauai, where the population has been growing rapidly, to Maui and the Big Island by helicopter and Coast Guard plane to establish populations on those islands.

The nene pair at the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge near Kahuku found their own way to Oahu and weren't transported by humans, said Ken Foote, a spokesman for the agency. He declined to release further information, saying the agency will talk to media about the geese on Wednesday.

Nene -- the official state bird -- is an endangered species found only in the Hawaiian Islands. There are more than 2,000 remaining in the wild.

Scientists believe the birds are descendants of Canada geese that flew here nearly 1 million years ago.

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