Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot

by Sy Montgomery

2021-01-02 04:03:34

On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. These trusting, flightless, and beautiful birds-the largest and most unusual parrots on earth-have suffered devastating population loss.N... Read more
On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. These trusting, flightless, and beautiful birds-the largest and most unusual parrots on earth-have suffered devastating population loss.
Now, on an island refuge with the last of the species, New Zealand''s National Kakapo Recovery Team is working to restore the kakapo population. With the help of fourteen humans who share a single hut and a passion for saving these odd ground-dwelling birds, the kakapo are making a comeback in New Zealand.
Follow intrepid animal lovers Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop on a ten-day excursion to witness the exciting events in the life of the kakapo. Less

Book Details

File size9 X 11 X 0.48 in
Print pages80
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date May 24, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780618494170
Sy Montgomery is a naturalist, documentary scriptwriter, and author of twenty acclaimed books of nonfiction for adults and children, including the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus a...

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