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A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction
By Greenberg, Joel
- ISBN
- 9781620405345
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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Starred Review on October 15, 2013 | Science and Technology
As the centenary of the passenger pigeon's extinction nears, Greenberg (A Natural History of the Chicago Region) offers this cautionary tale of the once most populous bird on earth. Ectopistes migratorius gathered in numbers hard to imagine—John James Audubon estimated a flock's size over Kentucky in 1813 at a billion or more—so many that the "sky was black with birds for three days." But as awesome as was their abundance, their sl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
