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The extinction (and de-extinction?) of the passenger pigeon

Martha died on September 1st, 1914. She was 29. Martha wasn’t your average Hollywood starlet – she was something even more ...
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How The Passenger Pigeon, Which Dominated North American Skies For Thousands Of Years, Went Extinct

Its flocks were once so vast that they blocked out the sun. Within a few decades, they were extinct. How could that happen?
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

ARKANSAS A-Z: Extinct state birds — Passenger pigeon, Bachman’s warbler

While the ivory-billed woodpecker has attracted a lot of attention in the 21st century due to reported sightings, it was not been the only Arkansas-dwelling bird that went extinct during the 20th ...
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A feathered river across the sky : the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction / Joel Greenberg

Life of the wanderer -- My blood shall be your blood : Indians and passenger pigeons -- A legacy of awe -- Pigeons as provisions to pigeons as products -- Means of destruction -- Profiles in killing - ...
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The passenger pigeon, by W.B. Mershon

Introduction.--My boyhood among the pigeons.--The passenger pigeon, from "American ornithology", by A. Wilson.--The passenger pigeon, from "Ornithological biography", by J.J. Audubon.--As James ...

Museum opens exhibit on passenger pigeon

The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History has opened an exhibit on the passenger pigeon to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the species' ...