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ecuchief


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In my research for an upcoming vacation, I was curious about crow hunting in Hawaii. That's when I found the "End Crow Hunting" site. According to stats, Hawaii is the only US state that does not allow crow hunting. Here's why:

‘Alalā or Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis)

The ‘Alalā is listed as endangered and the species is extinct in the wild. The entire population, approximately 95 birdsis housed in two captive breeding facilities, making the ‘Alalā one of the rarest birds in existence. Known from the island of Hawai‘i (and from fossils on the island of Maui), the ‘Alalā was restricted to the dry and mesic forests in the western and southern portions of the island. The species was associated with ‘ōhi‘a and ‘ōhi‘a-koa forests with an understory of native fruit-bearing trees and shrubs. This understory is essential to the survival the ‘Alalā in the wild, providing food as well as cover from natural predators such as ‘Io. The ‘Alalā also acted as an important seed disperser for native plants. Threats to wild ‘Alalā include predation by non-native mammals, non-native diseases (avian malaria and toxoplasmosis), habitat degradation, fragmentation, and loss, and direct human impacts.

I wasn't planning on hunting, just thought it courios.

John

 



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That's an interesting read.

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I have been here working on Oahu for over a year now, and there are no crows.
Doing a Army contract.
Weather is great, and so are the beaches.
I do miss my hunting and shooting activities.
As a matter of fact, there aren't many bird types here at all, and no seagulls!, just pigeons in some areas.
Hope you enjoy your time in Hawaii.


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Wasn't it a Senator from HI whose fondness for crows led to their inclusion in the Migratory Bird Act in the 70s? It seems someone posted on this subject a while back.



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Just got back from Maui and as expected, no crows. As Chuckslayer noted, hardly any birds at all. There were many wrens and cardinals, various subspecies of a doves and Franklin Partridges all around. Considering that any bird found in Hawaii had to roost on a boat and fly away during porting. The funniest is that Maui is under the conservation of California (closest US state) and as such, has to follow many of the CA laws of conservation and protection. Maui has several windmills and as part of the building project, they had to create a aviary recovery facility for the seagulls that collide - guess what? No seagulls on Maui! Still had to build it in order to build windmills...

Recommend a visit to the island to all.

John



-- Edited by ecuchief on Monday 29th of April 2013 02:46:21 AM

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ecuchief wrote:

Just got back from Maui and as expected, no crows. As Chuckslayer noted, hardly any birds at all. There were many wrens and cardinals, various subspecies of a doves and Franklin Partridges all around. Considering that any bird found in Hawaii had to roost on a boat and fly away during porting. The funniest is that Maui is under the conservation of California (closest US state) and as such, has to follow many of the CA laws of conservation and protection. Maui has several windmills and as part of the building project, they had to create a aviary recovery facility for the seagulls that collide - guess what? No seagulls on Maui! Still had to build it in order to build windmills...

Recommend a visit to the island to all.

John



-- Edited by ecuchief on Monday 29th of April 2013 02:46:21 AM

 Ahhhh.......bureaucracy at work............



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