Palila Counts 2018 with Garry Dean

Once again this February, I volunteered to help survey the Palila (Loxioides bailleui) on the southwest slopes of Mauna Kea. The surveys were held from February 5th to February 9th, although the last 3 transects on the east side of the mountain were postponed until the following week because of high winds.  This year only the core areas are being surveyed;  every 5 years the surveys include the whole mountain between the elevations of 6000 -10000 feet (Figure 1.), and 2017 was the last year we did so.  2022 is the next year we can to volunteer for the whole mountain surveys.

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