TY  - BOOK
AU  - Montgomery, Sy
TI  - Kakapo rescue : : saving the world's strangest parrot 
SN  - 9780618494170
U1  - 598.71 MON-S 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Houghton Miffin Books for Children
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Kakapo
KW  - Rare birds
KW  - New Zealand--Codfish Island
KW  - Parrots
KW  - New Zealand. -- Kakapo Recovery Team.
KW  - Kakapo -- Conservation -- New Zealand -- Codfish Island -- Juvenile literature.
KW  - Kakapo -- New Zealand -- Juvenile literature
N1  - Follows the scientists and volunteers of the Kakapo Recovery Team as they work to restore the kakapo population on Codfish Island, a remote island off the southern coast of New Zealand. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary. 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
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