Way to Go, KAKAPO!
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- How to make a big-boned bird breed. // New Scientist;9/18/2008, Vol. 199 Issue 2673, p16
The article reports that the Atkins diet has failed to coax the endangered kakapos to breed. Conservationists have fed kakapos with high protein supplements to boost their numbers, but they reported that it seems they have been focusing on the wrong nutrient. The conservationists add that the...
- Who care about kakapos? Miller, Claire // Ranger Rick;Jan98, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p42
Focuses on the near-extinct New Zealand bird called kakapo. Contributing factors to dying out of population; Efforts of wild life conservationists to produce birds.
- The grounding of the Kakapo. Walters, Mark Jerome // Animals;Jan/Feb94, Vol. 127 Issue 1, p6
Reports on the New Zealand kakapo and its descent toward extinction. Human predators; Loss of habitat.
- Locals Know. // Backpacker;Aug2009, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p34
The article reports that the Adirondack Mountains, and especially the Dix Wilderness, contain many rare birds and almost 300 total species of birds, including the black pole warbler, American pipet, and black-backed woodpecker.
- Biblio-birds. // American Libraries;Feb95, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p129
Discusses a pair of flower-eating, white-winged Guans, believed to be among the seven most endangered species in the world, which were exhibited at the Miami-Dade (Florida) Public Library in December 1994.
- Kites' comeback. // New Scientist;7/31/93, Vol. 139 Issue 1884, p11
Reports on the reappearance in England and Scotland of the red kite, one of Great Britain's rarest birds. Reintroduction program by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the RSPB; Source of the red kite.
- ONCE-A-MONTH MAIN IDEA. // Scholastic News -- Edition 2;Oct2007, Vol. 64 Issue 2, Special section p4
A quiz about the rare long-whiskered owlet that was seen in March 2007 is presented.
- Picture gallery of rare bird sightings. // Birder's World;Jun2007, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p15
Several photographs of rare birds in the U.S. are presented.
- Picture gallery of rare bird sightings. // Birder's World;Jun2008, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p14
Several photographs of rare bird sightings are presented, which includes a White-crested Elaenia found in South Padre Island, Texas.
