Tahiti Monarch news

[Michael Szabo]

"... 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

[SomesBirder]

If there are apparently still black rats around, then how can they be "eliminated from the list of suspects"? Also:

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?

[Davidthomas]

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.

[Ian Southey]

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