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About September 1, 1914, the last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo. She was roughly 29 years old, with a palsy that made her tremble. Not once in her life had she laid a fertile egg. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passenger pigeon’s extinction.
It is believed that this species once constituted 25 to 40 per cent of the total bird population of the United States. It is estimated that there were 3 billion to 5 billion passenger pigeons at the time Europeans discovered America. Early explorers and settlers frequently mentioned passenger pigeons in their writings.
Scientific Name:Ectopistes migratorius. Population: Extinct. Trend: Extinct. Habitat: Deciduous forests of eastern North America. Passenger Pigeons, Thomas Gilbert Pearson. September 1, 2014 marks 100 years since the last known Passenger Pigeon, known as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Passenger Pigeon. The Passenger Pigeon, or, as it is usually named in America, the Wild Pigeon, moves with extreme rapidity, propelling itself by quickly repeated flaps of the wings, which it brings more or less near to the body, according to the degree of velocity which is required.
Sep 23, 2014 · September 23, 2014. Share: To this day the Passenger Pigeon story represents the most famous human-caused extinction in history. In this fascinating seminar, Cornell Lab director John Fitzpatrick reviews the remarkable biology and tragic disappearance of this species. Using vivid historical accounts from eyewitnesses (by turns funny and ...
Apr 15, 2010 · The Passenger Pigeon’s tale illuminates and is illuminated by the modern science of complexity, chaos, and catastrophe theory. It warns us that small incidents may trigger sudden catastrophes—an ominous lesson in a time of global climate change.
Aug 31, 2014 · • 8 min read. A hundred years ago on Monday, a once-mighty species became extinct. At the Cincinnati Zoo, a passenger pigeon named Martha died at the age of 29. People coming to the zoo to see...
