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> [I read, for the first time, of the Carolina Parakeet-a North American parakeet whose green, yellow and reddish-orange plumage appeared vivacious and altogether quite wonderful. As stunning as I found the hawk-chased conures, this bird astounded me even more. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/i-read-for-the-first-time-of-the-carolina-parakeet-a-north-american/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

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## More by Christopher Cokinos

> [Time is the deepest wilderness in which we wander.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/time-is-the-deepest-wilderness-in-which-we-wander/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

> [Curiosity began my journey, which led to regret, which brings me always to wonder and dedication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/curiosity-began-my-journey-which-led-to-regret-which-brings-me-always/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

> [Later, I learned that our forgetting of the parakeet had begun even before the species was extinct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/later-i-learned-that-our-forgetting-of-the-parakeet-had-begun-even/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

> [I read, for the first time, of the Carolina Parakeet-a North American parakeet whose green, yellow and reddish-orange plumage appeared vivacious and altogether quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/i-read-for-the-first-time-of-the-carolina-parakeet-a-north-american/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

> [That I had never heard of such a bird did not surprise me… But others more experienced also did not know of the Carolina…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/that-i-had-never-heard-of-such-a-bird-did-not-surprise-me-but-others/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

> [“We're all eating stars! Every day! What a marvelous annulus of accident and need.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/we-re-all-eating-stars-every-day-what-a-marvelous-annulus-of-accident/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

> [This is the planet teeming, this place we’ve come to and will leave tomorrow, deepened for the long return but not the wedded reach,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-cokinos/this-is-the-planet-teeming-this-place-we-ve-come-to-and-will-leave/)

[Christopher Cokinos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-cokinos/)

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