01526cam a2200325 4500 513060888 TxAuBib 20110530120000.0 091120s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009045250 9780618494170 0618494170 (OCoLC)441151975 DLC DLC IG# BTCTA YDXCP ON8 ABG DEL VP@ EHH TxAuBib Montgomery, Sy. Kakapo rescue : saving the world's strangest parrot / text by Sy Montgomery ; photographs by Nic Bishop. Saving the world's strangest parrot. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010. 74 p. : col. illus., col. map ; 24 x 29 cm. Scientists in the field Includes index. Bibliography: p. 73. 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. 20110530. Kakapo. Parrots. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Winner. Scientists in the field. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2009045250-b.html Contributor biographical information