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Posted: Monday, February 19th, 2007 5:17 AM HST
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Nine Puaiohi birds to be set free
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HONOLULU (AP) _ Nine endangered puaiohi birds raised in captivity will be set free in Kauai's remote Alakai Wilderness this weekend.
Handlers say the small gray-brown birds will face their toughest days as they fly off into the rain-soaked ohia forest.
The puaiohi are a success story among the 35 threatened or endangered native Hawaiian bird species.
There are about 300 to 600 puaiohi on Kauai, the only place they have ever been found.
Conservation biologists have released 132 of the birds into the wild since 1999.
Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program is managed by the San Diego Zoo.
(Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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