d’Verse Poets Pub – Quadrille #88: And the Word Is… extinct
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Carolina Parakeets
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There once were parakeets
here in this un-tropical
Northeastern clime
Small green birds with cheery
red and yellow faces
Friendly, social bids that brightened
the landscape – until they were gone,
completely disappeared, became extinct
I wonder if the mocking bird still repeats
their call
rhymeswithbug 
Hopefully they moved further south. I would have thought were only lived in tropical climates.
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The last of the species died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1918 and they were declared extinct in 1939. It would have been awesome to see them flying around. They were the only parrot native to the East, Mid-West, and Plains States
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So many species are extinct… it would be nice if the mockingbirds still would echo their chatter.
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I love this…what a great connection to make. I wonder. (K)
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