parakeets

A recent outbreak of psittacosis in birds sold by pet store chains in several states has provoked quarantines and recalls throughout the nation. The potentially fatal disease appears to have originated with Preferred Birds of Milton, Fla., a supplier
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What a little bird told us - Los Angeles Times
John James Audubon / New York Historical Society GONE FROM THE SKY: A portrait by John James Audubon, part of an ongoing exhibit at the New York Historical Society, depicts the Carolina parakeet, once found from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf of Mexico
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