The Brilliance of Birds

Download or read book The Brilliance of Birds written by Skye Wishart and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who knew that the morepork, our forest-dwelling owl, can turn its head 270 degrees? Or that the eastern bar-tailed godwit doubles its body weight before undertaking an epic and continuous migration of 11,000 kilometres? Or that the tui has a specially placed voicebox, enabling it to duet with itself, sometimes producing sounds too high-frequency for humans to hear? Zany, off-kilter, wondrous and wild, The Brilliance of Birds gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of some of New Zealand's feathered friends.