Passenger Pigeon
| Ectopistes migratorius | Order: Columbiformes | Family: Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves) |
Ectopistes migratorius
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
What was once the most abundant land bird on the planet became extinct on September 1, 1914, when Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon in existence, died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Review: Kenn Kaufman's new book, The Birds that Audubon Missed. Part 2 2024
- The Road to Extinction 2023
- Sharing a Sense of Wonder with Walter 2021
- A Visit to the Field Museum of Natural History 2017
- The Field Museum: Salvaging Something Valuable from Dead Birds 2016
- Mark Twain's Autobiography: Hunting Pigeons and Turkeys 2014
- 100-Year Anniversary of Martha's Death and the Extinction of a Species 2014
- Where are the conservationist hunters of yesteryear? 2014
- Scale Insects and Passenger Pigeons 2014
- Book Review: A Feathered River Across the Sky (Passenger Pigeon Part II) 2014
- Passenger Pigeons, Part I 2014
- The Resurrection Project, Part 2 2013
- The Resurrection Project, Part I 2013
- Birding for the Soul: How birds enrich our lives 2012
- 2011: Year in Review 2011
- Evolution of Birds at Feeders 2009
- Bird Passing (Passenger Pigeon) 2009
- Birds in Public Art 2005
- Wisconsin Mourning Dove Season 2003
- Horseshoe Crabs 2002
- Field Museum 2000
- Trespassing on the Wild 2000
- Adjusting to Less 2000
- Mourning Dove Season 2000
- "Wise Use" movement 1999
- Passenger Pigeon (reworked from 1989) 1999
- Do Environmentalists Hate People? 1999
- Dove Hunt Referendum in Ohio 1998
- Bernice the Pigeon 1998
- Book Review: American Bird Conservancy field guide 1997
- Bernice the Pigeon 1996
- Animals vs. Humans 1995
- Passenger Pigeon (Placeholder) 1993
- Passenger Pigeon (Placeholder) 1992
- Shorebirds 1992
- Columbus Day 1991
- Pintail (remade from 1988) 1990
- Passenger Pigeon 1989
- Mourning Dove 1989
- Trespassing on the Wild (Original) 1989
- Bird Collecting. 1989
- Bird Collecting. 1989
- Crow Hunting Season 1988
- Northern Pintail 1988
- Bentsen State Park, and Crow Hunting Controversy 1988
- Waterfowl Hunting Violations 1988
- Passenger Pigeon 1987
- Bird Collecting Then and Now 1987
- El Condor Pasa 1986