Not Rediscovered!

The Carolina parakeet has been rediscovered in Honduras….

Ah, damn.

Update– see Patrick’s comment below. As he said, “I’m crushed”.

Actually I originally expected a hoax but told myself that it was May, not April first coming, and that Cornell would not be part of it.

Something of an irony that my first post after the drought was a joke. I am embarrassed.

5 thoughts on “Not Rediscovered!”

  1. The story told was very well told. A few small things clanged, but not too loudly. I never heard of the Carolina Parakeets migrating very far, and I thought the bird in hand looked small and had the wrong color beak and the beak was a bit small, but the rest seemed more than plausible and … Well, if it's any consolation, we were not alone. Here another pissed off bird lover >> http://wildbirdsbroadcasting.blogspot.com/2009/04/announcement-of-false-discovery-of.html

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