Avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman hands a Hawaiian forest bird to Christian Cooper at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_025.jpg
Zoo supervisor Kyle Arakaki and Christian Cooper walk to the ʻalalā enclosure at the Panaʻewa Rainforest Zoo. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_029.jpg
Zoo supervisor Kyle Arakaki and Christian Cooper walk to the ʻalalā enclosure at the Panaʻewa Rainforest Zoo. (National Geographic for Disney /Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_030.jpg
Christian Cooper and Bret Nainoa Mossman look for rare forest birds at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_027.jpg
Christian Cooper and Bret Nainoa Mossman look for rare forest birds at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_026.jpg
Christian Cooper and Bret Nainoa Mossman look for rare forest birds at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_028.jpg
Christian Cooper feeds a Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi held by avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_023.jpg
Christian Cooper writes down measurements as avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman examines a forest bird at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_022.jpg
Christian Cooper smells a Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi held by avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_021.jpg
Christian Cooper writes down measurements as avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman examines a forest bird at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_020.jpg
Christian Cooper listens to avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman explaining the fight against avian malaria at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_024.jpg
Christian Cooper erects a tall mist net at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_018.jpg
Christian Cooper watches avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman release a bird from a mist net at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_019.jpg
Christian Cooper and avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman play bird calls to lure in Hawaiian forest birds at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_017.jpg
Christian Cooper and avian technician Bret Nainoa Mossman prepare to raise mistnets to catch Hawaiian forest birds at the Pu'u Maka'ala Natural Area Reserve. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_016.jpg
Biologist Raymond McGuire and Christian Cooper watch recently released Nēnē at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_015.jpg
Biologist Raymond McGuire and Christian Cooper release rehabilitated Nēnē at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_014.jpg
Biologist Raymond McGuire, Christian Cooper and wildlife rehabilitator Heidi Franz carry rehabilitated Nēnē at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_013.jpg
Christian Cooper holds a rehabilitated Nēnē for it to be banded at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_012.jpg
Christian Cooper mows grass at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_011.jpg
Biologist Raymond McGuire and Christian Cooper greet the rehabilitated Nēnē that are about to be released at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_010.jpg
Christian Cooper mows grass at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_009.jpg
Biologist Raymond McGuire and Christian Cooper look through binoculars at wild Nēnē at the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_008.jpg
Christian Cooper surveys the Hawaii Island Nēnē Sanctuary. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_007.jpg
Christian Cooper prepares to feed baby manu-o-Kū with the help of wildlife rehabilitator Heidi Franz at the Hawaii Wildlife Center. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_005.jpg
Christian Cooper listens to wildlife rehabilitator Heidi Franz's instructions as he prepares to feed baby manu-o-Kū at the Hawaii Wildlife Center. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_004.jpg
Researcher Caroline Thow, biologist Steve Kendall and Christian Cooper observe a mist net at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_003.jpg
Christian Cooper and Steve Kendall listen for honeycreepers at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_002.jpg
Christian Cooper listens to biologist Steve Kendall at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge. (National Geographic for Disney/Troy Christopher)Episode: #3 "Hawaii"Air Date 07/01/2023105_ExtraordinaryBirder_001.jpg