Walking With Birds
257 pages
6 × 9
Softcover
ISBN 978-1949248-951
Copyright 2025
By Buck Niehoff
In New Zealand, the only indigenous creatures are birds and a few lizards. No mammals or snakes existed in that isolated part of the world. Without predators to avoid, some species, such as the famous Kiwi, became flightless. Following the arrival of humans—first the ancestors of the Mãori in about 1300 A.D., then Europeans a couple hundred years later—invasive rats, pigs, dogs, cats, possums and others have decimated the endemic species. At least fifty-one types of birds have become extinct. In recent decades the people of New Zealand have begun fighting this trend. They have adopted conservation policies to save native species by protecting natural habitats and eliminating invasive predators. With guidance from New Zealander Jeanie Russell, the author and his companions visited bird preserves in beautiful natural areas. Along the way, they learned to admire the eco-friendly spirit in this magnificent country.
257 pages
6 × 9
Softcover
ISBN 978-1949248-951
Copyright 2025
By Buck Niehoff
In New Zealand, the only indigenous creatures are birds and a few lizards. No mammals or snakes existed in that isolated part of the world. Without predators to avoid, some species, such as the famous Kiwi, became flightless. Following the arrival of humans—first the ancestors of the Mãori in about 1300 A.D., then Europeans a couple hundred years later—invasive rats, pigs, dogs, cats, possums and others have decimated the endemic species. At least fifty-one types of birds have become extinct. In recent decades the people of New Zealand have begun fighting this trend. They have adopted conservation policies to save native species by protecting natural habitats and eliminating invasive predators. With guidance from New Zealander Jeanie Russell, the author and his companions visited bird preserves in beautiful natural areas. Along the way, they learned to admire the eco-friendly spirit in this magnificent country.
257 pages
6 × 9
Softcover
ISBN 978-1949248-951
Copyright 2025
By Buck Niehoff
In New Zealand, the only indigenous creatures are birds and a few lizards. No mammals or snakes existed in that isolated part of the world. Without predators to avoid, some species, such as the famous Kiwi, became flightless. Following the arrival of humans—first the ancestors of the Mãori in about 1300 A.D., then Europeans a couple hundred years later—invasive rats, pigs, dogs, cats, possums and others have decimated the endemic species. At least fifty-one types of birds have become extinct. In recent decades the people of New Zealand have begun fighting this trend. They have adopted conservation policies to save native species by protecting natural habitats and eliminating invasive predators. With guidance from New Zealander Jeanie Russell, the author and his companions visited bird preserves in beautiful natural areas. Along the way, they learned to admire the eco-friendly spirit in this magnificent country.