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Kakapo rescue saving the world's strangest parrot

On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.

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Main Author: Montgomery, Sy
Other Authors: Bishop, Nic, 1955- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, c2010.
Series:Scientists in the field
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Birds > Protection > Juvenile nonfiction.
Kakapo > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.
Physical Description:74 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes biblioographical references (p. 73) and index.
ISBN:9780618494170 (reinf. bdg.)
0618494170 (reinf. bdg.)
Author Notes:Sy Montgomery was born on February 7, 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany. She is a 1979 graduate of Syracuse University, a triple major with dual degrees in Magazine Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and in French Language and Literature and in Psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Keene State College in 2004, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce University and also from Southern New Hampshire University in 2011.

Montgomery is a naturalist. She is an author, and scriptwriter. Her most popular book, The Good Good Pig, is a memoir of her life with her pig, Christopher Hogwood. The book became listed on the New York Times bestseller list in 2015. How to be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals was published in September 2018. Her other notable titles include Journey of the Pink Dolphins, Spell of the Tiger, and Search for the Golden Moon Bear.

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