This is what it's like to go on a Texas birding trip for the first time

When Houston Audubon announced its first bird survey at Pearland's Shadow Creek Ranch Nature Trail, I decided this would be ...
Houston Chronicle

You've probably seen these green parakeets on Houston's power lines. Here's why

Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically, the monk ...
Post and Courier

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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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 ...
The Conversation

The Rodrigues parakeet’s last day: what one extinct bird tells us about the role of museums

Jack Ashby is affiliated with the Natural Sciences Collections Association. One day in August, 1875, a greyish-blue parrot was shot on a small island in the Indian Ocean near Mauritius. It was the ...