The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon
Pages: 256
|Published: 1 Jan 1965
Description
This nature novel, by following the hatching and lifetime experiences of the last know wild passenger pigeon, chronicles the life, natural history, and ultimate extinction of this species which was once the most abundant bird species in North America. The last wild bird was killed in 1900; the last captive bird died in 1914.
