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“ground with the shell and all.”
They’re also fed kale, grubs, dog food, mealworms, grain and vitamins.
Because the center has the largest number of rails left in the world, it’s very careful.
“First of all, we make sure that there are always some rails in other facilities,” said Ms. Eagan. “That way, if there is an outbreak of disease here, they won’t all be lost.”
Bird house employees dip their feet to avoid contamination, and only certain staff can visit the birds. They will stay in a housed environment as long as they’re endangered, so that parasites cannot be introduced.
“Other than that, we leave them alone,” said Ms. Eagan. “They raise their own young and prefer privacy. They’re doing very well on their own.”
Ms. Eagan said that they’ve been greatly encouraged by the success of the program. Efforts to control the brown tree snake by authorities on Guam have not been equally successful.
Still, Conservation and Research Center staff members are working for the day when the island will welcome back its native birds. Biologists and nature lovers employed there can sympathize with the tremendous loss of the U.S. territory on the other side of the world.
“One of the staff members visited there,” said Ms. Eagan. “When she returned she said that it was the strangest thing to live somewhere without the sound of birds.”
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