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Saturday Nov 19, 2016
Saturday Nov 19, 2016
(Elizabeth) How did passenger pigeons, which numbered in the millions in the mid-19th century, become extinct in just over 50 years? Elizabeth explains the birds’ sudden decline as she discusses the life and death of Martha, the last passenger pigeon.
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Thousands of pigeons were killed for sport (of you want to call shooting a bird that was imported and stocked- real talent ). I used to find the shells of the “bullets” in my back yard on East Lake Stable Road -pigeon point as it was called was where the present day wee-wah beach is.
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