text:  they had started to decline. And this was across downward trends across all the species. Hawaii alapayo, Hawaii amakihi, Akiapola ao, alavi, Hawaii kepe, i'iwi, and even apapane, the most common bird in the refuge. What was really marked is that the alavi had been increasing in many areas on the big island, but it now was the species that showed the most substantial decline. The only bird that we didn't see a downward trend in is the oma'au.