Carolina parakeet

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Sorry for some of the gross stuff but this video has some interesting historical info.

 

[LoveOfallAnimals]

Poor Carolina parakeet. Makes me sad that they are no longer around.

 

[LaManuka]

Sorry for some of the gross stuff but this video has some interesting historical info.

It always made me very sad to know there were SO many Carolina parakeets around and that they were all destroyed for nothing more than a whim of fashion I did NOT know however that they were poisonous due to their diet, nor that they were more closely related to conures! Thanks for sharing this great video, Wes, I think it would be wonderful if these beautiful birds could be restored to the skies!

 

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It always made me very sad to know there were SO many Carolina parakeets around and that they were all destroyed for nothing more than a whim of fashion I did NOT know however that they were poisonous due to their diet, nor that they were more closely related to conures! Thanks for sharing this great video, Wes, I think it would be wonderful if these beautiful birds could be restored to the skies!

Farmers were I think a bigger reason for their extinction .
When a flock of them would come down on a newly budding orchard and completely destroy the entire crop.

And their tendency to try to help there flock mates when injured made them easy pickings.

But I too would love to see the return of this native American parrot.

 

[wrench13]

Another example of Man's poor stewardship of the planet. Very disheartening.