Warming Climate Is Quieting Kauai's Colorful Forest Birds

"In Hawaii's Kauai island, the native forest birds are in peril. Once considered a paradise for the colorful songbirds, the island has lost more than half of those native species."

"What's happening on Kauai could be an early warning for the other Hawaiian islands."

"Native Hawaiian songs tell stories of the islands, including one that was inspired by the last mating call of a now extinct bird, the Kauai O'o. "

"'We still sing it with hope in our hearts,' says Sabra Kauka, a Native Hawaiian who is a revered teacher of the island's culture."

"'Our seabirds, our mountain birds they are just indicators of the health of the earth,' she says."