HONOLULU (KHON2) — On Saturday, Pacific Rim Conservation executive director Dr. Eric VanderWerf found 21 native birds dead near Halona on Oahu’s East shore.
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He has been monitoring the colony of koa’e’ula or red-trailed tropic birds here for 20 years.
“And the colony has been growing; generally, it’s been doing well,” he said. “This is the only area on Oahu where they nest is along this section of coastline.”
But he made a gruesome discovery when checking the nests over the weekend. “Six adults and 15 chicks had been killed by feral cats,” he said…