| Abstract: | Increased urban lighting on Kauai Island, Hawaii, has resulted in new problems for threatened and endangered procellariiform birds. Between 1978 and 1985,11,767 Kewell‘s shearwaters, 38 dark-rumped petrels, and 8 band-rumped storm petrels were attracted to bright urban lights, struck unseen objects, and fell to the ground. A salvage effort involving public cooperation and government-run ‘aid stations‘ has returned 90% of these birds to the wild. Nightly fallout of seabirds was significantly reduced during the full moon, but fallout increased as the new moon approached. The heaviest fallout occurred in urban coastal areas, particularly at river mouths. More than 97% of the fallout involved fledgling birds apparently leaving their mountain nesting grounds for the first time. Less than 1%of these birds were recovered again on subsequent nights. |
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| ProdID: | 5221175 |
| Citation Author: | Telfer, T.C.; Sincock, J.L.; Byrd, G.V.; Reed, J.R. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 406-413 |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Attraction of Hawaiian seabirds to lights: conservation efforts and effects of moon phase; 1987; Article; Journal; Wildlife Society Bulletin; Telfer, T.C.; Sincock, J.L.; Byrd, G.V.; Reed, J.R. |
| Citation Start Page: | 406 |
| Citation Volume: | 15 |
| Citation Year: | 1987 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Attraction of Hawaiian seabirds to lights: conservation efforts and effects of moon phase; 1987; Article; Journal; Wildlife Society Bulletin; Telfer, T.C.; Sincock, J.L.; Byrd, G.V.; Reed, J.R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3782548 |
| Date Other: | Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
