BRING DOWN THE BIRDS – 07:00 PM June 17, 2024

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Paradise Parrot

Over 100 years ago, an Australian parrot believed to be extinct was rediscovered on a grazier’s property in Queensland’s Burnett district. This was the beautiful Paradise Parrot and its rediscovery in 1921 marked a fleeting return; the last confirmed sighting was in 1927. This species is now the only mainland Australian bird species listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as extinct and is an important reminder of the fragility of our environment and the species that inhabit it.

Working Class Hero by John Lennon from Plastic Ono Band
Nightflyer by Allison Russell from Outside Child
A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun by Tom Waits from Blue Valentine
Pretty Bird by Linda Ronstadt, Laurie Lewis from Duets
We Don’t Care by Habib Koite, Eric Bibb from Brothers In Bamako
All I Want by Herbie Hancock, Sonya Kitchell from River: The Joni Letters
I Will Not Be Sad In This World by Djivan Gasparyan from I Will Not Be Sad In This World

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