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CHAPTER III
The Passenger Pigeon
From "Ornithological Biography," by John James Audubon
TTHE 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. Like the domestic pigeon, it often flies, during the love season, in a circling manner, supporting itself with both wings angularly elevated, in which position it keeps them until it is about to alight. Now and then, during these circular flights, the tips of the primary quills of each wing are made to strike against each other, producing a smart rap, which may be heard at a distance of thirty or forty yards. Before alighting, the wild pigeon, like the Carolina parrot and a few other . . . Read More
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This was a wonderful book.
Wonderful illustrations and photographs alongside relevant text.
This is a wonderfully moving tribute to The Passenger Pigeon published on the 100th anniversary of the death of Martha. Martha achieved a strange amount of fame, being the last passenger pigeon in captivity, and now has a place of prominence in Washington DC on display in the Museum of Natural Hist
This book is beautifully illustrated in full color, and reading it is certainly a fine way to pass the time, but the research is pretty shoddy. For instance, he opens the chapter "The Downward Spiral" with two epigraphs--one from Bénédict-Henry Révoil in 1856 warning that Americans need to quickly c
"Men still live who, in their youth, remember pigeons. Trees still live who, in their youth, were shaken by a living wind. But a decade hence only the oldest oaks will remember, and at long last only the hills will know.”
— Leopold Aldo, A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There (1949, 1989.
This book isn't maybe as objective as I'd expect a nonfiction book or history book to be, but it provides a nice overview of the Passenger Pigeon, its life, and its extinction. It's got beautiful pictures, and it also includes some artwork that shed light on people's attitudes toward this lovely bir
It's been one hundred years since Martha died while in captivity; with her death, the passenger pigeon became extinct. This is a quick read, albeit thorough. It is hard to imagine a flock of billions of birds traveling to their nesting grounds up along the Mississippi into the heartland. They flew o