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Author Archives: Sebastian Marquez
Fundraising for the native forest
As much as blogging is a selfish exercise, fundraising is even more so. I figure I would do it this one time as we are trying to do a short documentary about the native forest restoration work we’ve been doing … Continue reading
Glimmers of a forest bird future
O`ahu is depauperate when it comes to native forest birds. Only 3 species `Elepaio (Chasiempis ibidis), `Apapane (Himetone sanguinea) and `Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava) are known with any confidence on the island. What is hopeful is that all 3 species are … Continue reading
Small Victories, Large Gains
For all my consternation on where to take this blog into the future, what doesn’t change is the restoration work itself. While I am pondering the social media landscape, native plants are trying their darndest to survive. Case in point … Continue reading
Getting to know your Hawaiian Lobeliads #45 Brighamia rockii
Brighamia rockii
Snapshot: Manu-O-Ku
Growing up in Chicago, seabirds were not something that I normally encountered. Here in Hawai`i, we are blessed with a number of species that regularly visit our shores. And this species in particular we on O`ahu are quite proud of. … Continue reading
Snapshot: small efforts
DLNR has dedicated this year as the year of the community forest. While we have plans to highlight the work we’ve done over the last 20 years, at the end of the day a lot of it boils down to … Continue reading
Searching for Gympie Gympie Trees
Plant blindness can be quite the challenge for the botanical community. Getting people to care can be a difficult thing: plants for a lot of folks tend to disappear into the background whilst people focus on something else. Some plants … Continue reading
Snapshot: My first Megapode
Megapodes are a cool radiation of galliformes centered around Australia and spreading up to the Philippines in the west and into parts of Polynesia in the east. Unfortunately many insular Pacific forms went extinct. So while during super touristy things … Continue reading
Native birds around Perth
Living in Hawaii gives me a certain immediacy when it comes to native biota. Where I’m from, we have seen so much loss. Traveling lets me appreciate how other places are handling modern challenges for their plants and animals. So … Continue reading
The Quokka of Rottnest Island
I started this blog 15 years ago with a basic goal in mind: what would the world look like if conservation was a success? How are we interacting with the healthy population of species that are now our next door … Continue reading
Studia Mirabilium 