Jon Sullivan#MarkAvery reminds us that it’s 111 years today since the extinction of the last passenger pigeon, a species that just a few decades earlier was the commonest bird on the planet.
https://markavery.info/2025/09/01/passenger-pigeon-day-111-years-gone/
Which reminds me of this from #DouglasAdams
"It's easy to think that as a result of the extinction of the dodo we are now sadder and wiser, but there's a lot of evidence to suggest that we are merely sadder and better informed."
Douglas Adams, 1990, Last Chance to See
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