Daisy this is my next door neighbour bird

Dear Daisy,

You may have fancy cranes over there in Florida (do you live near Dr Troy and Dr Sean?). But do you have a tui bird?

I has got a neighbour tui bird that wakes me up in the morning. He sings like a bellbird especially in the morning and at tea time. He likes our neighbours houses as they have some native trees with flowers.

Apparently Captain Cook who was the first British man to sail to New Zealand so that he could own it, said that Tui birds were nice to eat. Naughty Captain Cook, thems are protected birds and you will go to prison if you eat one. Please if you find a tui bird do not eat it.

Did you know that we watched a tv show this week called the news. They talked about little birds called Godwits. They have tracked these little birds who do a non-stop flight from Alaska to New Zealand!! They cover 11,000 km in their journey. Clever little birds - maybe they have a birds eye view like Daisys map? If you go here you can read about them :

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF17/1742.html

Poppy Q