Rare birds breeding in restored wetlands

  • Graham Talaber / Special to The Garden Island

    A drone’s camera captures the native flora of the South Shore’s Makauwahi Cave Reserve from above.

  • Laurel Smith / The Garden Island

    Fencing protects ground-nesting birds from hoofed animals at the Makauwahi Cave Reserve on the South Shore.

  • Laurel Smith / The Garden Island

    Nene are one of several native bird species prevalent at the Makauwahi Cave Reserve on the South Shore.

  • Laurel Smith / The Garden Island

    The Makauwahi Cave Reserve on the South Shore provides protected habitat for endangered Hawaiian coots.

PO‘IPU — Endangered waterbirds are flocking to the island’s South Shore, following ongoing wetlands-restoration efforts at Makauwahi Cave Reserve.

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