A Feathered River Across The Sky The Passenger Pigeons Flight To Extinction
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781620405345
Description: Naturalist Joel Greenberg relates how the pigeons' propensity to nest, roost, and fly together in vast numbers made them vulnerable to unremitting market and recreational hunting. His cautionary tale provides a close look at what happens when species and natural resources are not harvested sustainably.