The Go-Away Bird

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Whilst there are some negative white/pale connotations in Western/UK imagery and some positive dark/black/brown ones, the main slant of the latter is to the negative. The white-bellied go-away-bird ( Crinifer leucogaster) is a bird of eastern Africa in the family Musophagidae, commonly known as turacos.

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The Go-Away Bird is a wonderful example of this, and a timely arrival for me personally as my daughter has reached the age where socialising, sharing, being kind and forming friendships are entering her small world and we are hearing the words "go away" more than we would like to as parents! Even if you don’t get to see a Corythaixoides personatus in person, its beauty is still admirable in photos. Phew, luckily, thanks to the Come-Back bird, the other birds fly back and together they send the Get-You bird on its way.The story starts when one by one different birds approach the Go-Away bird asking him to chat or eat or play. My eldest enjoyed talking through the meaning of the story and why we should be nice to others even when we’re feeling lonely or sad. As a result of these feeding habits the White-bellied Go-away-bird is considered a pest in some regions, raiding orchards and plantations of fruiting trees and vegetable crops. The incidence of turacoverdin in relation to habitat is of interest to scientists, being present in forest species but absent in savanna- and acacia-living species. Escapee: Exotic species known or suspected to be escaped or released, including those that have bred but don't yet fulfill the criteria for Provisional.

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Their flight is weak, but they are strong climbers and are able to move nimbly on branches and through vegetation. The rhyme was lots of fun for the youngest, with Julia Donaldson’s easy to read style and flow of the story.Grey Go-away-bird frequents mainly acacia country, thorny savannahs and nearby woodlands including acacias. The adult has a grey head and leading to a dark grey to blackish pointed crest with an approximate length of 6cm. Now I'm going to admit Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the dream team of childrens books in my head (probably because their books where my son's favourites when he was little) but the pictures in The Go-Away Bird, drawn by a different artist, were beautiful and engaging and complimented the story wonderfully well forcing me to re-evaluate my knee jerk reaction that no one else can do Donaldson's books as well as he can: Catherine Rayner kicks ass. There are a few ways by which you can help the development of this page, such as joining the Flickr group for photos or providing translations of the site in addition languages. Julia Donaldson's rhyming text and Catherine Rayner's colourful illustrations are always a winning combination and the Go-Away Bird is a lovely story about pride going before a fall and the power of friendship.