Hear the tale of the quest to find the 'Cahow of the South Pacific' at a free public lecture tomorrow.

The Bermuda Zoological Society is hosting 'Finding Fiji's Cahow: The Critically-Endangered Kacau, or Fiji Petrel' at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo at 6.30 p.m.

Australian seabird expert Nick Carlile will describe the fascinating hunt for the South Pacific's rare petrel species, the Kacau, of which there are only three specimens in the world.

The most recent was discovered on Fiji's fifth-largest island in April 2007, inspiring an expedition to uncover its breeding grounds manned with helicopters and sniffer dogs.

Mr. Carlile, a project officer with the New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change, has dedicated 20 years of his life to seabird and island research. As well as projects Down Under and in the South Pacific, he has also taken part in programmes here in Bermuda in 2000 and 2004.

During his visit to the Island this month, Mr. Carlile has returned to the cahow nesting sites he helped to nurture through assistance he gave in the translocation project to Conservation Officer Jeremy Madeiros.