Year of the Passenger Pigeon
2014 marks the 100-year anniversary of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, the most numerous bird species in the history of our planet. Be sure to check out Joel Greenberg's book, "A...
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Centuries ago, a natural phenomena unlike any other was responsible for periodically blacking out the skies of North America.This overwhelming cloud of darkness often took hours, and even days to pass overheadand would leave destroyed crops and desiccated landscapes in its wake.These events weren’t tornadoes or rainstorms of the meteorological variety—they were caused by flocks of passenger pigeons, sometimes a few billion individuals in strength.The incredible size of the species population was larger than what most people could comprehend.When a flock of passenger pigeons approached a town many villagers thought the apocalypse was upon them.It was a plague of biblical proportions."…And then the dark cloud was over the city... Day was turned to dusk.&qu...
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Centuries ago, a natural phenomena unlike any other was responsible for periodically blacking out the skies of North America.This overwhelming cloud of darkness often took hours, and even days to pass overheadand would leave destroyed crops and desiccated landscapes in its wake.These events weren’t tornadoes or rainstorms of the meteorological variety—they were caused by flocks of passenger pigeons, sometimes a few billion individuals in strength.The incredible size of the species population was larger than what most people could comprehend.When a flock of passenger pigeons approached a town many villagers thought the apocalypse was upon them.It was a plague of biblical proportions."…And then the dark cloud was over the city... Day was turned to dusk.&qu...
