A feathered river across the sky : the passenger pigeon's flight to extinction / Joel Greenberg.

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 sustainab...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Greenberg, Joel (Joel R.)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury, [2014]
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Subjects:	Passenger pigeon. Extinct birds.
Physical Description:	xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Variant Title:	Passenger pigeon's flight to extinction.
Format:	Book