‘Wings and Woodlands’ open until Friday

LIHUE — The rivalry between forest birds and seabirds was overwhelmed by the number of people taking in the opening of “Wings and Woodlands: A Tribute to Native Birds and Forests.”

This year, the third for the exhibit put together by the Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project, the forest bird organizers collaborated with the Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project to expand the focus beyond forest birds to include Kauai’s rare seabirds that are endangered.

The exhibit features paintings, photographs and student and teacher artwork inspired by the beauty and fragility of Kauai’s natural heritage. There is a special section on the discovery of land snails that once were thought to be extinct.

The artwork was combined with the availability of conservationists who are willing to talk about th