Thursday, September 24, 2015
Courthouse News Service: Fight Is on to Save Hawaiian Bird Endangered by Development
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The Oahu Elepaio, a member of the monarch flycatcher family, is a small, insect-eating bird weighing in at about 12 grams - less than ½ an ounce. It has a dark brown crown and back, white breast with light brown streaks and usually holds its long, tipped tail at an angle.
Native Hawaiian canoe makers viewed it as a guardian spirit that would tell them if a canoe was made of good wood or bad, by either pecking at it or landing on it and singing.
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by Larry Geller
The article has background on this bird and others, including some of the history of extinctions in Hawaii. It’s a quick read. Well written. Just the right length. Fight Is on to Save Hawaiian Bird Endangered by Development
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