100 years ago today, a sad end

Martha,the last Passenger Pigeon of her species died in a Cincinnati zoo.

From a species peaked at 5 billion birds in the mid 19th century to absolute unchecked slaughter,it was the greatest and senseless human caused extinction of any species on earth.

Hence the question.What have we learned ?  Support conservation,support bird and wildlife conservancies for one.

Links to read about today's sad anniversary

http://www.passengerpigeon.org

http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/botw/passenger_pigeon.html


http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/opinion/sunday/saving-our-birds.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1&referrer=


http://birdaz.com/blog/category/passenger-pigeon/

http://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/blog/2014/09/01/monument-pigeon-aldo-leopold/

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/01/345007027/it-has-been-100-years-since-the-passenger-pigeon-became-extinct