Friends of Kauai Wildlife Refuges

10/13/2026

TODAY…Our Princeville Moʻolelo free lecture series will continue on Tuesday, October 13th as we welcome back Susan Scott for a talk about the science supporting our beloved kōlea, or Pacific golden-plovers!

For years, researchers have used various methods to track kōlea during their nonstop Pacific Ocean flights of roughly 3,000 miles. A persistent question, however, has loomed over this work: Do the tracking devices we attach to the birds harm them? A study recently published in Wader Study by Dr. Oscar Johnson and colleagues, including Hawaiʻi Audubon Society members, offers the most rigorous answer yet for the Pacific golden-plover we call kōlea. Susan Scott, who worked with Johnson throughout the study, will give a presentation of the work the team did at O‘ahu’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), and the results. Hint: This story has a happy ending!

Our free talk story event will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, from 5:00 to 6:30pm in the Princeville Community Center. For more information, visit www.kauairefuges.org/princeville-moolelo.

10/11/2026

ENTRANCE FREE DAY!

We will be entrance free on Saturday, October 17, to celebrate the end of National Wildlife Refuge Week.

This special week is observed the second full week of October each year. The week is a time to celebrate the great network of lands and waters that conserves and protects Americans’ precious wildlife heritage.

Reservations are required: https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/300018/ticket/10088171


📷USFWS

10/11/2026

10/08/2026

10/06/2026

Our Princeville Moʻolelo free lecture series will continue on Tuesday, October 13th as we welcome back Susan Scott for a talk about the science supporting our beloved kōlea, or Pacific golden-plovers!

For years, researchers have used various methods to track kōlea during their nonstop Pacific Ocean flights of roughly 3,000 miles. A persistent question, however, has loomed over this work: Do the tracking devices we attach to the birds harm them? A study recently published in Wader Study by Dr. Oscar Johnson and colleagues, including Hawaiʻi Audubon Society members, offers the most rigorous answer yet for the Pacific golden-plover we call kōlea. Susan Scott, who worked with Johnson throughout the study, will give a presentation of the work the team did at O‘ahu’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), and the results. Hint: This story has a happy ending!

Our free talk story event will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, from 5:00 to 6:30pm in the Princeville Community Center. For more information, visit www.kauairefuges.org/princeville-moolelo.

10/06/2026

Sometimes it is nice simply to have a pal to hang with. These two ‘ua’u kani (wedge-tailed shearwater) chicks at Kīlauea Point NWR hatched from burrows near one another and are spending some time together out in the sun, while they await their next feedings.
NOTE: Kīlauea Point NWR and the Hanalei Viewpoint are closed to the public while post-hurricane repairs and maintenance take place.

10/03/2026