> So far, plans to repopulate Hawaii’s forests with its native crows have been upended in part by the ‘io. The hawks are the crows’ natural predator, and have come after the corvids during prior reintroduction efforts
Interesting, where I am I see crows chasing hawks a lot. Maybe it is due to population density. There are many more crows than hawks here.
With 120 left and all in captivity, it does not look good. Plus I wonder if the crows would even know the io (hawk) represents danger these days.
The Hawaiian goose (Nene) was down to 30, but captive breeding and reintroduction has been going well. The population is up to about 2500. It seems contact with outside humans was pretty bad for Hawaiian bird species.
While humanity’s impact has been a boon for a few dozen cosmopolitan species, the impact of humanity on most bird species has been a tremendous net negative. Especially for the Hawaiian Islands.
> Interesting, where I am I see crows chasing hawks a lot. Maybe it is due to population density. There are many more crows than hawks here.
It's pretty common to see smaller birds chasing larger birds in the air. Crows chase hawks, jays chase crows, etc. Once the bigger bird lands, little birds seem to give up chase.
Interesting, where I am I see crows chasing hawks a lot. Maybe it is due to population density. There are many more crows than hawks here.
With 120 left and all in captivity, it does not look good. Plus I wonder if the crows would even know the io (hawk) represents danger these days.