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There was only one documented sighting in 1899, and The last recorded wild Passenger Pigeon was shot by a 14 year old boy of Sargents in Pike County, Ohio on March ... To Read a recent newspaper article about the 100 year anniversery of the last Passenger Pigeon ever in the wild ... Photo of Martha the last Passenger Pigeon...
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www.ulala.org/P_Pigeon/Pigeon_History.html
www.ulala.org/P_Pigeon/Pigeon_History.html
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The Passenger Pigeon, once probably the most numerous bird on the planet, made its home in ... The last Passenger Pigeon, named Martha, died alone at the Cincinnati Zoo at about 1:00 pm on September 1, 1914. Who could have dreamed that within a few decades, the once most numerous bird on Earth would be forever gone?
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www.wbu.com/chipperwoods/photos/passpigeon.htm
www.wbu.com/chipperwoods/photos/passpigeon.htm
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The last known specimens were seen in most states of the eastern United States, in the 1890s, and the passenger pigeon died out in the wild in Ohio about 1900. The last survivor of a species that had once numbered 5 billion died in captivity in 1914.
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www.eco-action.org/dt/pigeon.html
www.eco-action.org/dt/pigeon.html
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Martha, the last Passenger pigeon, died on September 1, 1914. ... I would die every death that might save her from shame, If a black cloud should rise on the strand; But whatever the quarrel, whoever her foes, Let them come! Let them come when they will!
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www.wilsonsalmanac.com/book/sep1.html
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It was clear that she was the last passenger pigeon, and scientists frantically tried to breed her, offering thousands of dollars to anyone who would come forward with a mate. They also tried in vain to breed her with other pigeon species.
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www.roadsideamerica.com/pet/martha.html
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Traditionally, the passenger pigeon has been held as one of the more beloved animal species to fall prey to humankind's often relentless expansion into and disregard for the natural world and its creatures. ... 1898 Photograph of a Passenger Pigeon. The last wild Passenger Pigeon was shot by a 14-year-old boy in Ohio in 1900,
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news.mongabay.com/2005/1114-tina_butler_pigeon.html
news.mongabay.com/2005/1114-tina_butler_pigeon.html
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Ectopistes migratorius Passenger Pigeon ... The Passenger Pigeon became extinct in 1914. ... The last passenger pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoological Garden in 1914.
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www.borealforest.org/world/birds/passenger_pigeon.htm
www.borealforest.org/world/birds/passenger_pigeon.htm
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Which carrier pigeon is extinct? Why did the passenger pigeon die? Is the passenger pigeon in danger? Tell you about ... What does a passenger pigeon look like? Why did the passenger pigon fo extinct? Why did passenger pigeon become exticnt? Why did passenger piegon become extinct? Where was the last passenger pigeon kept?
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The last known individual of the passenger pigeon species was "Martha" (named after Martha Washington). She died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, and was donated to the Smithsonian Institution, where her body was once mounted in a display case with this notation:
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www.si.edu/encyclopedia_Si/nmnh/passpig.htm
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