The Owl that Fell from the Sky

February 6, 2013 By John E. Riutta in Newly Noted Books Tags: awa, book, gill, museum, owl

As fascinating as many of the things found in the collection of a great natural history museum are, the stories behind their being there are oftentimes even more so. In The Owl That Fell from the Sky: Stories of a Museum Curator from Awa Press, Dr. Brian Gill, Curator of Land Vertebrates at Aukland’s War Memorial Museum recounts some of the astonishing histories of fifteen specimens presently housed in some of New Zealand’s finest natural history collections.

John E. Riutta

Founder and publisher of The Well-read Naturalist. Inveterate autodidact. Has repeatedly been found out standing in many fields. Plays well with otters.

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