151027-N-WC566-001 KAUAI, Hawaii (Oct. 27 2015) John Nelson, Installation Environmental Program Director at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands on Kauai, explains a graph used to keep track of night operations during the fledging season of the Newell’s Shearwater. The Newell’s Shearwater, an endangered pelagic seabird, nests above PMRF, then newly hatched birds head out to sea during the darkest nights. To avoid distracting the birds on their hunt for the sea, PMRF has created their Dark Skies Program, limiting night lighting, along with the use of radar ornithology to assist w

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151027-N-WC566-001 KAUAI, Hawaii (Oct. 27 2015) John Nelson, Installation Environmental Program Director at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands on Kauai, explains a graph used to keep track of night operations during the fledging season of the Newell’s Shearwater. The Newell’s Shearwater, an endangered pelagic seabird, nests above PMRF, then newly hatched birds head out to sea during the darkest nights. To avoid distracting the birds on their hunt for the sea, PMRF has created their Dark Skies Program, limiting night lighting, along with the use of radar ornithology to assist with ongoing conservation efforts and improve the birds’ chances of making it out to sea.( Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gabrielle Joyner/released)

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