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The Passenger Pigeon

Author(s): Schorger, A. W.

Year: 2004

Publisher: Blackburn Press

ISBN: 978-1930665965

Subject: Wildlife

Comments: Originally published in 1955, this is the standard reference for information about the extinct Passenger Pigeon of eastern North America, a bird that once existed in such vast numbers that its migrating flocks would darken the skies for days. It became extinct in 1917 because of deforestation and persecution.

Last Updated: 2009-03-06

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