 During hurricanes, beaches can flood, drowning eggs and nestlings. For forest birds, a hurricane's aftermath can be just as harmful as the storm itself. That's what researchers believe led to the extinction of several species of Kauai's forest birds after Hurricanes Eva and Iniki. Callie Crampton is program manager of the Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project. Prior to that time, a species of thrush, native thrush called the kamao, was actually relatively common.