爱华网Loss of native habitat, hurricanes and non-native predators have devastated the population ofendangered birds in Hawaii.
"Losing them would mean losing a special part of Hawaii," said Bryce Masuda, Program Manager of the Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation Program. "They could become extinct in a few years without an intensive conservation intervention."
Members of the project carefully collected eggs during the breeding season and transported them to a conservation center, where they were placed in an incubator.
So far, some chicks have hatched and are doing well. Masuda said this is the best way for recovering the population of endangered birds.
天然栖息地的丧失、飓风和非本土捕食者让生活在夏威夷的一些濒危鸟类种群遭受重创。
夏威夷濒危鸟类保护项目经理布莱斯·马苏达说，“失去这些鸟类将意味着夏威夷失去一个特别之处。如果不进行有力的保护干预，它们可能会在几年内灭绝。”
在繁殖季节，项目成员们小心翼翼地收集鸟蛋，并将它们运输到保护中心，然后放置在孵化器里。
到目前为止已经孵化出一些小鸟，而且状态不错。马苏达说这是恢复濒危鸟类族群的最好办法。
【讲解】文中的endangered bird就是“濒危鸟类”的意思，其中endangered是形容词，意为“濒于灭绝的”，如：This rare bird has become an endangered species.(这种珍禽已成为濒临灭绝的物种。);其动词为endanger，表示“危及，破坏”，如：endanger health(危害健康);如果表示“(物种)灭绝”，可以用extinct或die out，如：Some species died out.(有些物种灭绝了。)
第一句中的habitat是名词，多指(动植物的)栖息地、生存环境，如：polar bear's habitat(北极熊的栖息地)
