Takahe

Name: Takahe
Brand: Potton & Burton
SKU: 9781988550473
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Bird of Dreams

By Alison Ballance

Brief Description

Takahe are 'strange and wonderful avian beasts', big purple-blue birds with a striking red beak and legs. Once thought extinct, they were famously rediscovered in 1946 by Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell, who found a small population living in a remote valley in the Murchison Mountains of... Read More

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Takahe

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Takahe

Takahe, is the inspiring story of the rediscovery and then recovery of the takahe, one of New Zealand's most intriguing native birds. Alison Ballance describes the hard-earned success of the Takahe Recovery Programme and the fascinating story of the biology and lifestyle of this unique bird.

Description

Takahe are 'strange and wonderful avian beasts', big purple-blue birds with a striking red beak and legs. Once thought extinct, they were famously rediscovered in 1946 by Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell, who found a small population living in a remote valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland.

In this book, Alison Ballance charts the history of the Takahe Recovery Programme, the longest-running species conservation programme in New Zealand, and perhaps even in the world. After many setbacks and decades of struggle by those dedicated to saving the bird, they have recently managed to build up a healthy population, which is expected to exceed 500 birds by 2023.

Full of fascinating stories about the biology and lifestyle of this delightful bird, summed up as 'a food-obsessed, serially monogamous (mostly) devoted partner and parent, whose teenage kids stick around to help raise their younger siblings', this beautifully illustrated and inspiring book will appeal to anyone with an interest in ornithology and the natural world of New Zealand.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781988550473

Publisher: Potton & Burton

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 June 2023

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Potton & Burton

Illustration: colour photographs throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 320

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Alison Ballance Evie's Cat-alogue New Zealand Published Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Alison Ballance is a zoologist, writer and broadcaster. In 2017 she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to natural history, filmmaking and broadcasting. In 2008 she began producing and presenting Radio New Zealand's weekly science and environment programme Our Changing World. Before that she spent 18 years producing and directing wildlife documentaries for NHNZ, including the film To Save the Kakapo. She has written 30 books, including 'Hoki: The story of a kakapo' and the biography of conservationist Don Merton. The first edition of 'Kakapo: Rescued from the brink of extinction' drew on her long association with the Kakapo Recovery Programme and won the 2011 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize. It was revised and republished in 2018.