sharrow-sparrow 的最愛

I was extremely fortunate to be apart of the group that rediscovered MAPA #1 at its relocation site. The bird was thought to be dead along with the other 16 birds that were translocated to the location in 2019 but after 605 days of being missing, we found it! It was foraging in a kolea tree along with a few warbling white-eyes.
My observations of the bird consisted of it moving about the trees being seen briefly and one sighting lasting a few seconds of him hopping on a branch foraging and picking off a piece of bark.
During the duration of the sighting ~20 min, he gave several chip calls which can be heard in the attached recording.

A link to the official press release:
https://mauiforestbirds.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be48633ee3fc1ae579bf4d54f&id=ad0d34dff3&e=c22f243ccf

My friend was walking and came upon this 4 ft Black Rat Snake coiled around a juvenile Broad-Wing Hawk. The Hawk was unconscious. He and his wife picked up the duo with a towel and untangled the snake. The snake had a small wound near the tail so he surmised that the hawk likely attacked the snake, but bit the wrong end. Big mistake! Rat Snakes are constrictors. The snake slithered away seemingly unaffected. The hawk took approx 20 minutes to recuperate and fly away. Happy ending for the snake - lesson learned we hope for the hawk.
The hawk had a purple band on its leg, but we don't know who tagged it.
A separate observation has been logged for the snake.

I saw his head sticking up in the waves about 1/2mi out in the lake seemingly heading towards St. Helena Island during my initial scan in the morning. About 15min later he made the wise decision to return to shore directly in front of me. I was expecting him to barely be able to walk ashore after all of that swimming but he began to run through the water and then into the forest. A very memorable experience