Okinawa Rail and Mongooses

[cuckooroller]

or is it Mongeese :hi:

Not too often these days that one can read an item involving the US Military that isn't totally depressing...

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=38493

[Hidde Bruinsma]

Indeed, Steve, it's been a while since we have received some positive news on the bird conservation from that corner of the world. Such an interesting avifauna living on the Ryukyu Islands. There's a beautiful, old book written by Kuroda on the birds of that island group. I'm tempted to buy a copy that once belonged to the Dutch ornithologist Van Marle. But the price...