Natural History Wanderings

The Sacramento Bee  has a story on the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon. In 100 years or less the population went from billions to zero. The last bird died in 1914. The main cause was humans cutting down forests in the eastern U.S. and hunting.

As we face the possibility of mass extinction of many species there may much to learn from this story. Read more at: All gone: How erasing billions of birds shocked us – Wire Election News – The Sacramento Bee.