Patrick Hart
Host, Manu MinutePatrick Hart interests in the ecology and conservation of Hawaiian forests and forest birds stem from years of living in a primitive field camp as a graduate student in the 1990’s at Hakalau Forest National wildlife refuge. He runs the Listening Observatory for Hawaiian Ecosystems (LOHE) Lab at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
-
In the first segment of Manu Minute's new special series, Patrick Hart and Lisa Mason introduce listeners to the nēnē, Hawaiʻi's endemic goose. -
We've got the pretty but pesky red-whiskered bulbul for today's Manu Minute! The recordings you'll hear are courtesy of Xeno Canto and should sound familiar to our Oʻahu listeners. -
We’ve got another game bird for you on this week’s Manu Minute — the chukar partridge! -
Of the four types of doves that call Hawaiʻi home, mourning doves are the rarest. We have their calls today, courtesy of Xeno Canto. -
Did you know that Hawaiʻi is home to one of the rarest ducks in the world? We've got its calls for you, courtesy of Xeno Canto. -
ʻAkēʻakē, or band-rumped storm petrels, are the rarest and smallest seabirds that breed in Hawaiʻi. Little is known about the ʻakēʻakē, which only come to shore under the cover of darkness. -
The Eurasian skylark isn't the flashiest bird to behold, but its courtship song packs a melodic punch. -
Take a break from the news with today's Manu Minute! We've got the call of the ring-necked pheasant, courtesy of Xeno Canto. -
For today's Manu Minute, we’ll hear the calls of seabird whose long red tail feathers are prized for feather-working. Thanks to Xeno Canto for these recordings. -
On today's Manu Minute, we have got the scratchy calls of a common game bird. Thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology for these recordings of black francolins.
