Dead Parrot Letterbox LbNA #41031 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jun 18, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Kirkland |
| County: | DeKalb |
| State: | Illinois |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Lock, Shock & Barrel  |
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| Found by: | SunshineRoseanne |
| Last found: | Oct 27, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaa |
| Last edited: | Jun 18, 2008 |
Letterbox Name: Dead Parrot Letterbox
Location: Kirkland, IL
Distance: Approximately 0.2 miles
Believe it or not, the Norwegian Blue parrot is very much thought to have been bred in Norway. Now, we all know that this idea is absurd. The fact of the matter is that anyone from northern Illinois knows that they were bred in Kirkland, IL. For many years we thought they were extinct. Now as of 2008, they are. But one lucky, or unlucky, parrot, depending on how you look at it, kept his life until recently. He had his home in MacQueen Forest Preserve. Now one day, this last living member of the Norwegian Blue species, flew from his perch on top of the lodge. Ahead of him, he saw a wide trail, on which no parking was allowed. Flying over this gravel trail he passed one, then two, and was confused by the numbering of these small cleared places. He saw a foot trail in the far left corner of the second cleared area. Too old and tired to fly, he landed on the foot trail. He hopped along, and as the trail turned to the right he saw the strangest thing! A tree with two trunks! It was like seeing another bird with two heads. He went on 54 hops (which were about as close to paces as he could get) until he was parallel to another two trunked tree. He was very intrigued with these trees of two trunks. So he made the biggest mistake of his soon-to-be-over life. He chose to fly over to the tree. In his condition of sleepiness and old age, these twelve feet were literally a killer. He reached the base and just died in a hole in the right trunk. This was the end of the beautiful plumage. But if you look closely, you can see the plumage still. However, only with keen eyesight and intelligence will you find him.
When you find him, please stamp in, and rehide him well. And feel free to drop us a note. We'd love to hear from you!
Location: Kirkland, IL
Distance: Approximately 0.2 miles
Believe it or not, the Norwegian Blue parrot is very much thought to have been bred in Norway. Now, we all know that this idea is absurd. The fact of the matter is that anyone from northern Illinois knows that they were bred in Kirkland, IL. For many years we thought they were extinct. Now as of 2008, they are. But one lucky, or unlucky, parrot, depending on how you look at it, kept his life until recently. He had his home in MacQueen Forest Preserve. Now one day, this last living member of the Norwegian Blue species, flew from his perch on top of the lodge. Ahead of him, he saw a wide trail, on which no parking was allowed. Flying over this gravel trail he passed one, then two, and was confused by the numbering of these small cleared places. He saw a foot trail in the far left corner of the second cleared area. Too old and tired to fly, he landed on the foot trail. He hopped along, and as the trail turned to the right he saw the strangest thing! A tree with two trunks! It was like seeing another bird with two heads. He went on 54 hops (which were about as close to paces as he could get) until he was parallel to another two trunked tree. He was very intrigued with these trees of two trunks. So he made the biggest mistake of his soon-to-be-over life. He chose to fly over to the tree. In his condition of sleepiness and old age, these twelve feet were literally a killer. He reached the base and just died in a hole in the right trunk. This was the end of the beautiful plumage. But if you look closely, you can see the plumage still. However, only with keen eyesight and intelligence will you find him.
When you find him, please stamp in, and rehide him well. And feel free to drop us a note. We'd love to hear from you!