Resources
Connections with resources for teachers, birders, and conservation enthusiastsBirding on Maui
Birding on your own
Links to Birding Guides that operate on Maui
- Explore Maui Nature
- The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii offers monthly hikes into Waikamoi Preserve. These hikes fill up quickly, please plan head. Email Renee Miller at hike_waikamoi@tnc.org for more information and to sign up.
Birding Links
See and hear the birds
- ARKive.org provides the world’s best wildlife films and photographs to profile the world’s most endangered species, with the aim of educating, inspiring, and encouraging us all to conserve the planet’s biodiversity. Follow the links below to get more information, videos, and photographs of some of Maui’s native birds.
- http://www.bird-sounds.net
- Sounds Hawaiian is a website full of recordings of Hawaiian birds and more.
General birding links
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Birds of North America
- Birding for Beginners
- Lifelong Birders: Introducing Your Kids to Bird Watching in Your Backyard
- The Audubon Guide to Birding
Birding Resources
- State of Hawai’i’s Department of Land and Natural Resources Native Forest Birds of Hawai’i.
- The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands Checklist by Robert and Peter Pyle. Bishop Museum Hawaii Biological Survey.
- Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project has a variety of resources on Hawaiian ecosystems and job/volunteer listings.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service Revised Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Forest Birds. See part II, page 2-77 for the Kiwikiu species account.
- American Bird Conservancy’s Hawai’i Program.
- Hawai’i Wildlife Center: rehabilitation center for birds of Hawai’i
Field Guides
- Denny, Jim. 2009. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawai’i. University of Hawaii Press.
- Hawai’i Audubon Society. Hawai’i’s Birds.
- Pratt, H. Douglas. 2013. A Pocket Guide to Hawai’i’s Birds and their Habitats, 2nd edition. Mutual Publishing.
- Haleakalā and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park’s Hawai’i Forest Birds App (download on your iPhone or Android in PlayStore)
- Audubon Bird Guide App
Books
- Pratt, H. Douglas. 2005. Hawaiian Honeycreepers. OUP Oxford.Powell, Alvin. 2008.
- The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Bird: The Discovery and Death of the Po’ouli. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
- Pratt, Thane K., Carter T. Atkinson, Paul Christian Banko, James D. Jacobi, Bethany Lee Woodworth, editors. 2009. Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Avifauna. Yale University Press.
- Walther, Michael. 2016. Extinct Birds of Hawai’i. Mutual Publishing, LLC.
- Ziegler, Alan. 2002. Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution. University of Hawai’i Press.
Education
MFBRP helps to connect our local community, our youth and our visitor industry with information about our native ecosystem, our endangered species, and the need for stringent biosecurity.
Maui Mauka Nature-Based Tourism Trainings – Connecting Tourism Professionals with Conservation Professionals to create a mutually beneficial relationship in nature-based tourism.
It’s beneficial to our Hawaiian Ecosystems for students to learn and interact with their environment.
We suggest teachers get kids outside, even just on the school’s property. Apply for grants to buy binoculars or go on field trips. Look at Hawai’i Environmental Education Alliance’s Grants Resources page. Teaching kids to use binoculars is fun and educational. Have them count the birds that they see and try to identify them. You can use our coloring sheets or even photos on our website to draw birds. What plants do these birds need to survive? How have their bills adapted to eating these plants? What’s a watershed and how does it affect the ecosystem? Use compasses for a scavenger hunt outside the school. Leaf rubbings are a great way to learn about the different shapes of leaves. Having a native plant garden at the school is a great way to get students outside planting and learning about these plants!
Please teach your students about Hawai’i’s unique native ecology. Many teachers are already doing this. Enjoy these resources and feel free to contact us for more information.
Hawai’i Environmental Education Alliance
Ho’ike o Haleakalā Environmental Curriculum for Teachers
Hawai’i Energy-Resources and Programs for Teachers
Forestry and Wildlife Teacher Resources
Maui Forest Bird Public Presentation. This is our current Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project public presentation. To have us present at an event, please contact us. Feel free to use the information to teach your students as well.
Maui Forest Birds Endangered Species Coloring Sheets
Watershed Classroom Presentations and Field Trip Opportunities through East Maui Watershed Partnership
Lifelong Birders: Introducing Your Kids to Bird Watching in Your Backyard
