Nu’alolo Kai is a culturally significant ancient Hawaiian fishing village, rich in archaeological sites and protected by State Parks and the Nā Pali Coast ʻOhana.

ʻAʻo (Newell's Shearwater) chick preparing to fledge in Upper Limahuli Preserve. October is the peak fledging period for ʻaʻo on Kauaʻi.

Attaching geolocator tags on ʻaʻo adults to see where they are wintering.

Banding ʻaʻo chicks to assess light attraction risk and survival rates.

ʻUaʻu kani (Wedge tailed Shearwater) chick in its burrow at Nuʻalolo Kai.

Incubation - including pair exchanging incubation duties.

Rare footage of an ʻAʻo (Newell's Shearwater) climbing a tree and using it as a launch site to take off into the night.

A curious pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) drops in during an Infrastructure Monitoring and Minimization Project (IMMP) survey.

2023 Highlights of ARC’s projects, achievements and events.

An endangered ʻuaʻu (Hawaiian Petrel) chick that was rescued by a team from Archipelago Research and Conservation (ARC) in the middle of October has been successfully released out to sea after 39 days of care by the Save Our Shearwaters (SOS) program.

We can guarantee you that you haven’t seen anything this cute before - the hatch and first hours of an ‘ua’u (Hawaiian petrel) chick’s life. Turn up the volume…

Nocturnal Surveys For Endangered ‘A‘o (Newell’s Shearwater) and ‘Ua‘u (Hawaiian Petrel) in Hono O Nā Pali NAR.

‘Ua‘u (Hawaiian Petrel) and ‘a‘o (Newell's Shearwater) chicks in Hono O Nā Pali Natural Area Reserve

The first ʻaʻo (Newell’s Shearwater) captured on camera digging a burrow at the Pōhākea Social Attraction Site.