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I've been thinking about making some moreporks for a while now, and finding my old book about NZ birds was a good prompt. A morepork is a small owl native to NZ- (Maori name ruru), so called because its call sounds like it wants more pork. I used to hear them from my bed as a child but I've not heard any morepork calls since living in town. They're beautiful little owls- especially when chicks! (see here and scroll down for a picture of the babies.)

My sewn morepork are not at all anatomically correct or even similar- they're just little fabric owls with patchwork wings and embroidered sleepy eyes. I filled them with carded wool from a nearby farm. Goodnight, little morepork.