passenger pigeons

[free1954]

what a great time to be a young boy with a shotgun. https://blog.history.in.gov/flocks-that-darken-the-heavens-the-passenger-pigeon-in-indiana/

[Merc]

Hopefully, we’ve learned a thing or two from the extinction of the passenger pigeon.

[free1954]

yes indeed. but it was not wing shooters that drove them to extinction, but the market hunters that netted them in their nesting sights.
their numbers were astounding.

[Allen]

Thanks for posting. Reminds me of the blackbirds we had when I was young. They would darken the sky when they flew and keep it dark for a while. That's back when our lands were used to grow grass and crops instead of subdivisions. Though nowhere near extinct their numbers are gone in this region and seldom seen now.