bkrownd
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This is the list of native Hawai'i island mountain birds I've seen in 2006:
(updated September 28, 2006)
Bird Photo Quality Notes
Hawai'i endemics:
Hawai'i 'Amakihi OK daily
'Apapane Good daily
'Oma'o Good daily on E. saddle
I'iwi Good daily on E. saddle
Elepaio Good occasional (difficult to see)
Palila Good occasional on Western slopes of Mauna Kea
Nene Good occasionally on roadsides at upper elevations
'Akiapola'au OK 1 in September, 3 in October
Hawaii Creeper OK positive ID once in September, but probably seen more
'Io Good occasional
Pueo no occasional, S. and W. slope Mauna Kea
Hawai'i natives:
Kolea no daily in Hilo, occasionally on E. saddle
Endemics I haven't seen yet:
'Akepa
'Alala (only lives in captivity)
Extinct endemics: (gone, but not forgotten!)
'O'u, Hawai'i 'O'o, Hawai'i Mamo, 'Ula-'ai-hawane, Hawai'i 'Akialoa, Kioea,
Moho, Greater 'Amakihi, Kona Grosbeak, Hopue, Lesser Koa Finch,
several other undocumented species (11 plus species for just one island)
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