Book and CD covering 60 of New Zealand’s best loved birds and their calls. Age 8-adult.
The next time you’re in a quiet spot outdoors – whether it’s the garden, park, forest, coast or high country – take time to listen to the birdsong. This book and CD will help you get to know the birds of New Zealand by their calls.
This book is a must for any bird lover from beginner to enthusiast. New Zealand Bird Calls offers new ways to identify birds, understand their behaviour and enjoy their song.
Author Lynnette Moon, gives 60 concise accounts of the country’s best loved birds, covering their habitat, appearance and behaviour. (Accounts are numbered to match up with the bird song tracks on the CD.) A description of their calls, along with photographs from the magnificent collection of her late husband Geoff Moon completes an attractive, face-packed and useful guide.
The CD includes 60 tracks featuring the birds’ songs and calls, recorded in the wild by renowned wildlife sound recordist John Kendrick and prepared for this collection by Karen Baird of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society. Each track is introduced by acclaimed New Zealand actor, George Henare.
Published by New Holland, 2011.
Soft cover, 48 pages, 15 x 21cm.