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How a seabird native to Hawaii has adapted to life in Honolulu's concrete jungle
New survey data show breeding adults rose to 3,600 on Oahu, and 691 eggs and chicks were counted in Honolulu trees this week.
- Honolulu's population of breeding White terns jumped 1.5 times to 3,600 by 2023, according to a survey by Hui Manu-o-Kk, with Oahu remaining their only settled island in the archipelago.
- Urban conditions in Honolulu might be hospitable because humans reduced predators like Barn owls and mongoose in the urban core, while Downtown trees provide ideal nesting habitats in scar tissue.
- Rich Downs, coordinator of volunteer organization Hui Manu-o-Kk, reported 691 eggs and chicks in Honolulu trees this week, with staff tying blue ribbons around trunks to alert tree trimmers.
- Murphy, who has navigated canoes to Tahiti, Japan and Rapa Nui, said the population growth is "crazy," while photographer Joyce Hsieh documents the birds from a Target parking garage.
- New data shows their numbers jumped more than 50% in the past decade, and Eric VanderWerf, executive director of Pacific Rim Conservation, noted that urban commotion does not seem to bother them.
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