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The Blue Bird
Once upon a time there lived an endemic beautiful blue bird called Spix’s Macaw. The bird is also known as small blue Macaw. This blue bird was a Brazilian parrot.
This blue bird was discovered by a German naturalist Johan Baptist Ritter Von Spix in 1819. By the time the discovery was made it has become a rare blue bird. Now, ornithologist says that the bird is extinct in the wild.
Though, hope still persists for Spix’s, since the 60-80 percent population persists in captivity. However, it is extinct from the wild.
Now, this blue bird is a distinct memory to us and to the wild life.
The last known blue bird disappeared or seen in the wild was at the end of 2000.
The blue Spix’s macaw gained international popularity through the animated movie “Rio” that was released in 2011. A charming parrot named blu travels thousands of miles in an attempt to save the blue bird species.
Spix Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is one of the eight species informed to have disappeared according to the new study report by BirdLife International.
According to this report five of the eight extinction species that took place is on the South American Continent and four of them are from Brazil.
Why? One of the leading causes for the Spix’s Macaw disappearance from its natural habitat was because of deforestation according to this report.
According to this study, for the first time extinction on the main land are outpacing those on islands.
The papers, lead author Butchart, BirdLife’s chief scientist says that usually 90% of bird extinction in recent centuries has been of species on islands.
However, their results confirm that there is an increase wave of extinction sweeping across the continents, due to deforestation, form trapping for wild life trade, from unsustainable agriculture and logging.
If we don’t act now on bird wild life safety, all we will be having is only a distinct memory left with birds captured in our photographs.
Telling stories that once upon a time there lived a blue parrot or a green parrot.
We don’t want our bird stories to start with once upon a time.
Otherwise, we will be left with no choice but to write for our kids “once upon time there lived this beautiful bird, but now they are extinct due to human greed.
This is an example of only one bird. There might be plenty that might be going extinct.
I’ll leave here for the readers for further probe on this blue bird as well the other bird species.
You can head over here for further information on red list birds (thriving or barely thriving) and to support the bird life.
My Blue Bird
My Blue Bird
Every morning I sit near the window leaning on the sill
Holding a cup, slowly savoring every sip of my coffee
Worshiping at the tranquil turquoise transparent blue sky
Relishing the serene still silent green trees all around
Revering every inch of the soft roaring inaudible landscape
Gulping down the morning breath of garden fresh air
Eavesdropping to the distant birds each chirping,
And, every morning my eyes wait for this blue bird
Days back, one day this beautiful blue bird glided,
Fluttering its charming wings, twittering cryptically
Along with its velvety silk blue azure shade plumage
Sideways with soft sheen furry wool feathers woven
On top with its olive jade colored crimpled crown
With those bright green emerald eyes beholding me
Landed on the window sill gazing cherubically, chirping
In my mind I thought, oh what a beautiful blue bird
The enchanting blue bird charmed me, entrancing
Dancing with the magnificence opulent feather plumes
The moment I saw, inside my heartfelt profound
Prolifically profound, as though I knew
This blue bird since thousands and thousands of years
Instantly our eyes met and we became friends forever
Soon the blue bird became a morning friend of me
Now, every morning I wait for this blue bird
For its beaming sunny twittering radiant charm
For its kind friendly genial warm welcoming twitters
Though our languages were different
Our hearts understood every tweet said by each other
Now, I haven’t seen the blue bird from few days
On that day my eyes were probing passionately
Waiting, watching at that window, wavering
I’ve searched east, west, north south above in the sky
My heart was crying to see the blue bird
My mind was memorizing those mesmeric memories
Rewinding inside again and again of this blue bird
Longing deep down drooling to see the blue bird
I thought how I wish I want to see this blue bird
As my thoughts was reeling, rolling in my head
In a mist of sudden mystical magic allure
There I could see the blue bird, flying towards me
My smile came back on my face, zealously
I extended my hand as a warm welcome
The blue bird instantly hopped on to my arm
I took the blue bird closer, near to me
The blue bird gently pecked on my cheek
As though the blue bird missed me for years
Looking at me the blue bird was incessantly twittering
The blue bird was twittering and twittering
I was listening to every tweet of this blue bird
To me, every tweet of my blue bird was beautiful
Innately, I was happy that my blue bird was back
I ruffled its velvety luscious silk feathers lovingly
That day I named my beautiful blue bird, the blue pearl!
And, since that day we remained devotedly divine on earth!
–Suparna
Blue Bird Sources: Bright Side, CNN, BirdLife International