Passenger Pigeons: From Billions to None (Online)

03/15/2022 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM ET

Category

Adults

Admission

  • Free

Location

Zoom

Virtual Meeting URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81919065729

Summary

The conservation tale of this species and the reasons for why it was ultimately doomed to extinction. Online only.

Description

At one time in North America, Passenger Pigeons were the continent’s most abundant bird species. Some flocks would takes days to pass over, and even into the 1860s were be recorded to number in the billions. Yet by 1914 the last Passenger Pigeon died and the species went extinct. This program covers the conservation tale of this species and the reasons for why it was ultimately doomed to extinction. Free. Online only, Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81919065729