Meet the escaped parakeet hanging with wild sparrows in Central Park — whose life is in danger as winter approaches

Turns out, this bird you can change. An escaped parakeet has joined a flock of sparrows and has been living free in the wilds ...
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Do You Know Your Lowcountry? The Carolina parakeet

In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day. It brought to mind one of the Lowcountry’s most beautiful lost treasures: the Carolina parakeet. The only parrot native to the continental United ...
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'Lost in the wild': A pet parrot's 500 kilometre journey from Torquay to P.A.

It was early May, and Bleu, an Indian ringneck, was out of her cage, as usual. In the chaos of moving day, she flew down the stairs and through a door off the dining room that had been left open, ...
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Do birds have a future here? A new exhibit at Kansas City's Linda Hall Library asks on their behalf

The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology's new exhibition includes a bird study skin of the now-extinct Carolina Parakeet. The specimen is on loan from Chicago’s Field Museum. For ...