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This is Abby ("A"luminum-"B"lue-"B"lack-"Y"ellow). She is less than 4 months old, and one of the only Akikiki to fledge in 2021. The part of Kauai where she is from once thought to be the final stronghold for the species has suffered a 95% drop in breeding birds in the past two (2!!!!!) years. There may be only a few dozen Akikiki left in the wild, and it seems possible they will all be gone in...

This is a one year old female Akikiki, brooding a single 5-day-old nestling (a second egg failed to hatch). Her mate is at least seven years old. For at least the past three years he was paired with a female about the same age as him, but that female either died or left the area.

This one-year old female Akikiki (nicknamed Blueberry) is foraging for her two babies that fledged the morning this video was taken. Her mate is also a one-year old Akikiki (nicknamed Yab), who himself fledged from a nest only a few feet from our field camp in May 2017. With only a few hundred Akikiki left in the world, it's delightful watching them successfully raise young. I recommend watchin...

Two male Great Antshrikes males displaying to one another. No female seen. Rufous Twistwing sings in the background. November 15, 2011, near Oceania, Dpt Madre de Dios, Peru.

Adult bringing food to nestlings on June 21, 2013 on Parker Creek, Mono County, California. Nest in cavity 1.2m off the ground in dead aspen. Video shot on iPhone.

Black-headed Pitta (Pitta ussheri). I followed this individual as he moved through his territory (about 200m wide) from 6:40am to 11:10am on April 20, 2013. This is the individual we nicknamed "Alex".