https://www.laurawanderingwild.com/stories daily 0.75 2026-05-17 https://www.laurawanderingwild.com/stories/holding-the-mosquito-line monthly 0.5 2026-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/3e48d0d2-e64f-42fa-8974-52a1fe717052/kiwikiu-maui-parrotbill-maui-forest-bird-recovery-project.jpg STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers Kiwikiu (Maui Parrotbill, Pseudonestor xanthophrys) in a high-elevation forest on Maui. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/54c1f3e4-8238-44dc-8d14-a46d577cc165/high-elevation-forest-terrain-maui-mfbrp.jpg STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers - Make it stand out Remote, steep forest terrain in a high-elevation landscape on Maui. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778884617086-TIY2BWLZEI3KHK79VTCO/helicopter+deployment_loading+pods.jpg STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers - Helicopter Deployment Preparation MFBRP staff prepare a helicopter for deployment of pods containing male mosquitoes as part of mosquito suppression efforts on Maui. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778884659739-IQWRU2JRPM69ITQSI8LK/Heli-Aerial+Drop_pod+out+of+shute2.jpg STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers - Aerial Mosquito Pod Release A pod containing Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes drops from a helicopter’s release chute during aerial mosquito suppression efforts on Maui. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/f3174f9b-f374-4a22-bebf-c1543c222c16/drone_deployment+prep.jpg STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers - Make it stand out Under misty, low-visibility conditions, MFBRP team members prepare a drone for mosquito pod deployment, extending release operations beyond helicopter availability. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778885636236-HL41YY5M4HP02T6RSZ83/mosquito+trapping_MFBRP.JPG STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers - Mosquito Trap Monitoring MFBRP team members check mosquito traps as part of ongoing monitoring to inform mosquito suppression efforts. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778885655623-3UJ90PMC480GRR7NRUH1/mosquito+larvae+sampling_MFBRP.jpg STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers - Streamside Larval Surveys An MFBRP team member collects streamside samples during larval surveys used to identify mosquito breeding habitats and monitor changes in larval abundance over time. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/b124fe5e-9296-4e53-a476-4c92d357a204/akohekohe2_MFBRP.jpg STORIES - Holding the Mosquito Line: Maui’s Fight to Save Its Honeycreepers - Make it stand out ‘Ākohekohe (Palmeria dolei), an endemic Maui honeycreeper whose survival depends on continued protection of Hawai‘i’s remaining native forests. © Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project https://www.laurawanderingwild.com/stories/sharing-the-canopy monthly 0.5 2026-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778887790702-EPV2FP60D5JY8ZUAMF2R/Rich_arborists2.jpg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns Rich Downs engages with arborists during the morning session of the Arborists Guide: Protecting Manu o Kū During Tree Work workshop at Kapi‘olani Community College. © Laura Doucette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/bf9acc40-83d5-4378-8e32-4d8bf7246b3e/manu-o-ku-guano-identification-kcc.jpeg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns - Make it stand out Keith Swindle identifies manu o Kū guano, or white wash, on the ground at the Kapiʻolani Community College Campus for afternoon workshop participants, indicating the likely location of an active nesting site overhead. © Wendy Kuntz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/2541c797-9caf-42ff-a1b3-ace01717656c/arborists-morning-session-manu-o-ku-kcc.jpg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns - Make it stand out Keith Swindle and Rich Downs lead the morning session for arborists on manu o Kū breeding biology, behavior, and applicable migratory bird protections. © Laura Doucette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/edb4fab0-4d53-48b6-ae9c-d418f5aea3c4/ilana-nimz-wildlife-aware-tree-care-arborists-kcc.jpg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns - Make it stand out Ilana Nimz explains wildlife-aware tree care practices to professional arborists, as Justin Donahue demonstrates climbing and trimming techniques in the tree canopy above. © Laura Doucette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/93945490-d90a-43fd-b673-d0e06b4efdd1/justin-donahue-canopy-manu-o-ku-decoy-kcc.jpg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns - Make it stand out Justin Donahue works in the tree canopy during a live demonstration, using climbing aids and a pole saw around a stuffed bird decoy (circled) to model wildlife-aware movement and cutting techniques. © Laura Doucette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/9e5bc558-b516-45df-ad0f-e54172122131/arborists-closing-discussion-kcc-outdoor-demonstration.jpg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns - Make it stand out Participants engage in a closing group discussion during the professional arborist training, with instructors Justin Donahue and Ilana Nimz responding to questions following the live demonstration. © Laura Doucette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/57be476e-5064-426e-9395-191c1b93563d/kcc-students-arborists-discussion-kcc-outdoor.jpg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns Kapi‘olani Community College students Charlotte Bender and James Lee discuss campus-based manu o Kū monitoring and research projects with arborists during the workshop. © Laura Doucette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/86fc998a-2d3b-494c-b119-db8f9960dbe4/hui-manu-o-ku-chick-rescue-demonstration-kcc.jpg STORIES - Sharing the Canopy: Building Skills to Protect Honolulu’s White Terns Hui Manu o Kū rescuers Sora Gallo (left) and Kelly Furuya (right) demonstrate chick rescue techniques, explaining assessment methods, handling protocols, and the specialized tools used to safely return fallen chicks to their nesting trees. © Elena Arinaga https://www.laurawanderingwild.com/stories/laysan-finch-translocation-kuaihelani monthly 0.5 2026-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/01f3978d-4d4e-4363-9331-769fb2f11b44/IMG_8830.jpg STORIES - A Song Returns to Kuaihelani: The Laysan Finch Translocation of 2025 A temporary field station on Manawai used to process ‘ekupu‘u—each Laysan Finch (Telespiza cantans) was weighed, measured, banded, and recorded prior to transport to Kuaihelani. © Sheldon Plentovich, USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/b931d679-d649-4755-8c2c-64604b8d8e35/A7405811.jpg STORIES - A Song Returns to Kuaihelani: The Laysan Finch Translocation of 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778903563743-NJJAL25A0I3MZLJERYH2/A7407361.jpg STORIES - A Song Returns to Kuaihelani: The Laysan Finch Translocation of 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/fa525df4-eb42-45eb-a9e4-0ac6f964a91e/laysan-finch-arrival-kuaihelani.jpg STORIES - A Song Returns to Kuaihelani: The Laysan Finch Translocation of 2025 - Make it stand out Biologists release ‘ekupu‘u into restored habitat on Eastern Island during the July 2025 translocation. © Dan Rapp, USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/d6ef96ba-a38b-4f1e-91f1-a90c2d458a5a/released-laysan-finch-kuaihelani.jpg STORIES - A Song Returns to Kuaihelani: The Laysan Finch Translocation of 2025 - Make it stand out A newly translocated and released ‘ekupu‘u foraging in its new habitat. © Dan Rapp, USFWS https://www.laurawanderingwild.com/stories/from-data-to-dialogue-gis-hawaii-birds monthly 0.5 2026-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/a2553925-28e4-4aa1-9e73-082a46a01721/wpi-students-manu-o-ku-uh-manoa.jpg STORIES - From Data to Dialogue: Students Use GIS to Bring Hawaiʻi's Birds to Life Worcester Polytechnic Institute students left to right: Caitlin Murphy, Riann Divine, Zihan Li, and Dylan Wagner, checking out a nesting manu o Kū at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa campus. © Laura Doucette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/f9458a09-17eb-4514-9a98-17ad917682d8/arcgis-storymap-manu-o-ku-white-tern.jpg STORIES - From Data to Dialogue: Students Use GIS to Bring Hawaiʻi's Birds to Life - Make it stand out ArcGIS Manu-o-Kū StoryMaps webpage. © WPI students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/4cea561d-0ed0-4c41-81e3-b7a64c1d329a/Screenshot+2025-06-16+at+3.17.08%E2%80%AFPM.png STORIES - From Data to Dialogue: Students Use GIS to Bring Hawaiʻi's Birds to Life - Make it stand out ArcGIS Kōlea StoryMaps webpage. © WPI students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/4a48e703-e60c-422d-97a0-07ddc516c1bd/arcgis-storymap-uau-kani-wedge-tailed-shearwater.jpg STORIES - From Data to Dialogue: Students Use GIS to Bring Hawaiʻi's Birds to Life - Make it stand out ArcGIS Wedge-tailed Shearwater StoryMaps webpage. © WPI students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/b86644c8-d138-4394-bf5f-454f0112a505/arcgis-storymap-seabird-translocation-pacific-rim.jpg STORIES - From Data to Dialogue: Students Use GIS to Bring Hawaiʻi's Birds to Life - Make it stand out ArcGIS seabird relocation effort StoryMaps webpage. © WPI students https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778905137660-RO94H8765PM367LPADRR/wpi-students-rich-downs-honolulu.jpg STORIES - From Data to Dialogue: Students Use GIS to Bring Hawaiʻi's Birds to Life - Make it stand out After their project interview in Honolulu, WPI students Caitlin Murphy, Riann Divine, Dylan Wagner, and Zihan Li pose with mentor Rich Downs (center). Their StoryMaps bring Hawaiʻi’s birds and conservation stories to life. © Laura Doucette https://www.laurawanderingwild.com/stories/conservation-dogs-hawaii-seabird-rescue monthly 0.5 2026-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/1778978745013-51TPA2SA04RVWCZ4C5K2/kyoko-johnson-solo-hanalei-national-wildlife-refuge.jpg STORIES - Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi - A Bird’s Best Friend, too? Kyoko Johnson and detection dog Solo survey a taro field at Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge. ©Tor Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/58ed00b4-d7d4-414c-ad7d-586a3b6d34ce/rescued-newells-shearwater-rehabilitation-kauai.jpg STORIES - Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi - A Bird’s Best Friend, too? A rescued Newellʻs Shearwater rests in a box on the way to a rehabilitation center on Kauaʻi. ©Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/2077a9e1-b583-4a81-9f86-4b99fb184b2c/xena-detection-dog-seabird-scent-trail-kauai.jpg STORIES - Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi - A Bird’s Best Friend, too? - Make it stand out Xena hard at work on the scent trail. © Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a0689346071792115b57778/49eabcbb-df8e-481d-a172-266988f1449f/_MG_2351_CDH.jpg STORIES - Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi - A Bird’s Best Friend, too? 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