Comments on: Rare Micronesian Kingfishers Successfully Hatched

By: Claudine Fall

Claudine Fall — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:43:34 +0000

My first thought it, “Get that boy some clothes”. I shiver just thinking he must be cold. Then again, he is probably under a nice warm light and is taking in the rays. Do spotlight him again when he has some beautiful feathers. I am glad is is alive and breathing. Keep up your good work.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:03:44 +0000

What an amazing story! At once inspiring and disheartening. The good news is that in almost 30 years the surviving population has quadrupled.The bad news is that it has taken almost thirty years to gain 100 birds! Even with exponential growth and non-swimming tree snakes, scientists who have not been born yet will have to still be working to save this kingfisher a hundred years from now! Wow. Meanwhile here in Virginia the population of the CROW has declined by 45% due to West Nile Fever! Remember when passenger pigeon flocks were so huge that they darkened the sky flying over? Remember when crows were so numerous that the quest for a better scarecrow matched the search for a better mouse trap? Love the rare kingfisher and giant panda and Tasmanian devil just don’t forget to CHERISH THE CROW next door. They are in danger too. P.S. someone please tell me I’m misinformed about crow numbers-I’d love to be wrong!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:58:57 +0000

Wow … 131 in the world … I don’t want anything to go extinct … I wish these little birds the best … But if they go to their own island can’t snakes just swim to the island ?