"... 2015/2016 breeding season has been a record year for the critically endangered Tahiti Monarch. The good news is that the 53 adults so far this year have, initially, fledged 14 young – with at least one more expected."
http://www.birdlife.org/pacific/news/wi ... i-monarchs
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Re: Tahiti Monarch news
If there are apparently still black rats around, then how can they be "eliminated from the list of suspects"? Also:
Are they implying that the monarchs can't fly?
Other flying species like robins are also killed as are even many bulbuls - and they fly and are not normally effected by rats!
Are they implying that the monarchs can't fly?
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Re: Tahiti Monarch news
They can fly, just not particularly well.
Presumably they are elminating black rats due to their low tracking numbers in the areas where the monarchs are.
Presumably they are elminating black rats due to their low tracking numbers in the areas where the monarchs are.
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Re: Tahiti Monarch news
I had no idea their Harriers came from us. I thought they were native to all of the Pacific Islands. The hunting method described does not sound at all familiar though.
Ian
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