Scientists in the Field (Paperback) Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot, (Paperback)

from Michelle_Bales

The challenges faced by conservationists of a cute but defenseless species are described in depth in this interesting book. The photographs clearly show the emotion of the scientists and volunteers as they experience the joy of holding a hatchling, the fatigue of staying up all night to monitor t...

from amandacb

A truly fascinating encounter with one of the rarest animals on Earth, Kakapo Rescue takes the younger and older reader along on a textually and photographically stunning journey to a remote island off the New Zealand coast. On Codfish Island, a kakapo sanctuary has been erected to save the extre...

from abbylibrarian

The kakapo (pronounced KAR-ka-poe) is an endangered flightless bird that lives in New Zealand. Due to human interference in the species's habitat, less than one hundred of these large, sweet-smelling parrots are left today. Kakapo Rescue details the efforts of scientists and volunteers trying to ...

from amandacb

A truly fascinating encounter with one of the rarest animals on Earth, Kakapo Rescue takes the younger and older reader along on a textually and photographically stunning journey to a remote island off the New Zealand coast. On Codfish Island, a kakapo sanctuary has been erected to save the extre...

from KarenBall

Imagine a green parrot... the size of a house cat! Make it smell like honey, give it lots of curiousity, and listen to it growl, croak and make a chinking noise like a cash register for up to 70 years. This is the Kakapo parrot of New Zealand, which is on the brink of extinction. Flightless, nest...