Project Pass.Pigeon

Project Passenger Pigeon: remembering 2014 centenary of Passenger Pigeon’s extinction; encouraging sustainable relationships with nature in 21st Century

[Project Pass.Pigeon @P3in2014]

Perplexing aspect of passenger pigeon record is, despite many written descriptions of birds being killed, there seems to be an absence of photo documentation.

Can you help us locate rare
Passenger Pigeon photos?
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[ABC Science @ABCscience]

Today is National Threatened Species Day.

A day to commemorate the death of the last known Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine in 1936, and raise awareness of the species currently on the brink of being wiped out today.

[BirdWatchingMagazine @BirdWatchDaily]

Today is the 104th anniversary of the death of the last known Passenger Pigeon. In 2014, on the 100th anniversary, we remembered this lost bird with special coverage. Find it all here: https://t.co/KMlt6omPTG @P3in2014 @AldoLeopoldFdn #birds #conservation

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

“The world lost a great bird. She was just magnificent. When [she died], I felt that I had lost a pal, because I always went around to see her.” - Richard Fluke

Learn more about the unique friendship between a boy and Martha, the last of her kind: https://t.co/JYtqP01HJt

[Lost Species Day @LostSpeciesDay]

190ya, in 1828, was the 1st & last scientific recording of the Bonin grosbeak. Permanent historic-era settlement of the Bonin (now Ogasawara) archipelago began in 1830. Settlers bought invasive species & deforestation. #extinction was the result for this distinctive finch species

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

This is Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon. Most of us never had the honor of seeing one, but Richard Fluke did. He knew Martha, and this is his story -- by author Thomas Pawlick. #stopextinction #savetheESA https://t.co/m26dyc9Xi0

[The Compassionate Conservationist @Mr_Alex_Taylor]

#WorldLionDay With only 20,000 lions left in the world, we are in real danger of witnessing their extinction in our lifetime #savethelions

[BirdLife International @BirdLife_News]

Can a species make a comeback with just 20 individuals left in the wild? https://t.co/34Kj9vz2tl

[Project Pass.Pigeon @P3in2014]

Remember Passenger Pigeons, Carolina Parakeets and other lost species. Their extinctions show why we need strong species protection laws. https://t.co/PncYgyV9gG

[Kevin Coyle @RareClimateGuy]

Let's keep it strong. https://t.co/zeO5j5pPcr

[Senator Tom Carper @SenatorCarper]

Today is the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act— a vitally important law that protects birds and helps keep places like Bombay Hook and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges beautiful and filled with wildlife for generations to come.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Like the dodo and the great auk, the Tasmanian tiger is more renowned for the tragedy of its death than for its life, about which little is known: https://t.co/bazdJlVSg0

[Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @BillPascrell]

We are here today to tell Trump and Jeff Sessions that America welcomes its tired, its poor, its huddled masses -- it doesn't put them in jails and tent cities. What we saw inside is despicable! It is a sin!

[Lost Species Day @LostSpeciesDay]

It’s the 350th anniversary of Steller’s sea cow’s #extinction So, later this year Remembrance Day for Lost Species will consider aquatic mammals. This WIP concept art previews a plan to remember the sea cow & raise the present-day threat of plastic pollution. More to be revealed!

[Project Pass.Pigeon @P3in2014]

Lawsuits Seek to Restore Protections for Migratory Birds https://t.co/GxlCfjkC17

[Dr Ross Barnett @DeepFriedDNA]

In my reading today I find that the 13th Earl of Derby, Lord Edward Smith Stanley was sent some Passenger Pigeons (Ectopistes migratorious) by Robert Audobon in the 19th c. that bred so well, some were released into the Lancashire countryside. Sadly, they didn't naturalise

[Lost Species Day @LostSpeciesDay]

Of the 3 best known anthropogenic bird #extinctions personally feel the great auk’s is most senseless. Dodo was done in by introduced species, passenger pigeon population trends remain mysterious. But great auks were solidly numerous. Til modern humans got to them. #TheLostAuk https://t.co/ndtvQ1N6as

[United Nations @UN]

~40% of all migratory birds are facing extinction. Saturday's #WorldMigratoryBirdDay highlights need for int'l action to stop this alarming trend. https://t.co/OhMv1hR1cp

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

On #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, remember that #ClimateChange is one of the greatest threats to the survival of migratory birds worldwide https://t.co/ww9xRZJkTO Climate change is altering the seasonal clock that birds rely on to mate & raise healthy offspring @WMBD Video via @Newsy

[ParrotOfTheDay (eXiting). Find us on Insta/Threads @ParrotOfTheDay]

"About to become extinct? Nonsense, I saw one on TV just last week!" This study suggests we may underestimate the predicaments of threatened species if / because we see them more often in the media...! https://t.co/Yqrx6srPmS