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The Carolina Parakeet: America's Lost Parrot In Art And Memory
The Carolina Parakeet America's Lost Parrot In Art And Memory Author:Carole Boston Weatherford In America there was once a gem in The Great Forest; a winged jewel rivalling any in the tropics. It was the Carolina Parakeet, North America's only native parrot. Curiously, within the span of a century, the great flocks dwindled to nothing, and this thing of beauty disappeared. This is the sobering story of how a young nation loved, laid waste... more » and lost its only parrot.« less