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Passenger
Pigeons The last
passenger pigeon, Ectopistes Migratoius, to be on this
earth, was a Passenger Pigeons usually ate acorns, chestnuts, and beach nuts. They could be found in the American midwest. The sky could turn black for days when they were in search of food or breeding grounds. Once, in Kentucky, there was an estimated 2 billion birds! Typically,
the male's head is blue, the neck is either bronze, green, or purple,
depending on the light. The rump (the bottom) is bluish, the
legs and feet are red, and the belly is white. The female is quite
similar to the male, but the legs are paler, the tail is shorter, and
her colors are much duller. They are very prett Citations Fuller, Errol Extinct Birds. New York: Facts on File, 1987. Lessman, Don Dinosaurs to Dodos; An Encyclopedia of Extinct Animals. New York: Scholastic Inc. "Passenger
Pigeons" at Images of passenger pigeons from "ArtToday.com" <http://members.clipart.com/en/index> (2003). |
female, Martha. Martha died on September 1, 1941 in
the Cincinnati Zoo. The reason these once common birds went
extinct is because of humans. Passenger pigeons were a popular food
in New York (Yuck!). One method of killing the pigeons was to fire
a canon full of pellets into a tree loaded with them. Hundreds
would drop dead and then people would come around collecting them in ice
boxes. Next they would be shipped off to New York.
y birds, but sadly,
no one will ever see a live one again.