Subject: Re: red-whiskered bulbuls, pileated woodpeckers, coffee
Date: Feb 3 15:07:59 1997
From: Paul Talbert - paul at muller.fhcrc.org


Tweets:

There are bulbuls in Hawai'i (at least on O'ahu), but I can't
recall if they are red-whiskered or something else, and i don't have the
right books with me to look it up. They are quite a recent introduction
(they weren't listed in my dated copy of Peterson but are in the newer
Audubon Hawaiian Birds book) and like most introductions to the islands,
seem to be having a negative impact on native birds (i'm told). They
seemed rather common around the Honolulu area.
One location of pileated woodpecker(s) that I don't think has been
mentioned is Schmitz Park; I haven't personally seen them, but three
other birders have told me about seeing one there. I think i've been told
they are sometimes seen in Linclon Park, too, although I'm not sure about
this.

Christine Maack wrote:

I think there is a distinction between shade grown and organically grown.
Don't let those importers off with claims of "organic," because as far as
I can tell, that just means no commercial fertilizer or pesticides were
used and doesn't tell you anything about the trees on the coffee
plantations. The trees are the habitat whose loss is affecting bird
populations as more and more growers switch to "sun coffee."


As far as I understand, Christine is correct. I searched in vain
at PCC for coffee that said anything about shade or sun among the several
kinds of "organic" coffees. (I didn't track down a clerk to ask, though.)
If anyone knows of a place to buy shade-grown coffee I would appreciate
hearing about it.

Paul Talbert
paul at sparky.fhcrc.org