Northern Shovelers recorded
per party hr on the Honolulu Christmas
Count,O'ahu,1944-2007 (see Count
Page). The drop in numbers since1960 reflects,
among other things, the loss of
wetland habitat in se. O'ahu, in particular, the
draining of Kaelepulu
Pond in 1954. See also Northern Pintail.
Species account.
Graphs of Christmas Count data
developed as part of The Birds of the Hawaiian
Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and
Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/2009/