The Carolina Parakeet

On a recent Mysteries Unlimited Podcast, I made reference to a parrot species that is native to the United States. So, I took a little time to gather up some details about this beautiful bird to share with everyone.

The Carolina parakeet is listed as extinct but there have been a handful of sightings after the classification. We will get into some of the reported sightings a little later in this post, but for now lets diving into more information about this bird.

Expedition - Part 3

Day 3 of our expedition took us to a different, but familiar to me, location. While I know the area has had bigfoot activity in the past, our main goal this day was to find some specific tracks fit for casting.

In fact, this area was very near to where I have my first bigfoot encounter when I was in my teens. Of course at the time I didn't know what it was but I figured it out years later. This day, we were looking for signs of bigfoot, but also looking for certain tracks for Guy's growing collection of castings.

Day 3

 A Different Type of Bigfoot?

Since I became friends with Guy Luneau, I've had a renewed interest in the Ivory Billed Woodpecker. You see, the ivory-bill woodpecker is very much like our elusive bigfoot. Depending on who you ask and what you read, you will find that some people tell us the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct. While others insist it is still around but only a few of them remain. Guy renewed by interest with his vast knowledge of birds in general. Of course, while on our expedition for bigfoot evidence, we talked about the many birds in our world, including the ivory-billed.

The American Birding Association lists the bird as "definitely or probably extinct". While the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species as "Critically Endangered" on its list.