Imagine my excitement when I thought I had taken a photograph of a Carolina parakeet, an extinct bird. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, ...

I thought I had taken a photograph of an extinct bird – a Carolina parakeet. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, stuffed specimen tucked away ...

This Carolina parakeet was collected sometime in the late 1800s. Not very long ago, wild parrots lived in the forests of New York. The brightly-colored birds squawked among the treetops of old-growth ...

Imagine my excitement when I thought I had taken a photograph of a Carolina parakeet, an extinct bird. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, ...