#Passenger Pigeon

[agavnythepigeon]

"Soon my love we will join the others under the museum lights, but for now, under the starlight, you are glowing"

The last Passenger Pigeon and last Carolina Parakeet on earth both died at the Cincinnati zoo in the early 1900s.

[silicon65]

Forgotten Griffin

[amnhnyc]

On this day in 1914, Martha, the last-known living Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Her death at age 29 after a lifetime in captivity marked the disappearance of her once-abundant species from the world. And it made her name synonymous with species extinction at human hands. But what happened?

Before the second half of the nineteenth century, the Passenger Pigeon was the most common bird in the United States, with a population numbering in the billions. Flocks of pigeons flying overhead were so dense that they could darken the skies. But a combination of overhunting and habitat destruction sent this species into decline, and by the turn of the century, it was considered extinct in the wild.

Photo: Enno Meyer, CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Its 2024!!! Happy new year, or happy new year's eve depending on where in the world you are.

And a great time to begin a new art challenge. I have a list of extinct birds for january, starting (ofc) with the passenger pigeon. These are such a great representative species for extinct birds imo - they used to be one of the most numerous birds on Earth, numbering in the billions, yet they vanished within a century. So gorgeous too!

As a communally roosting bird, their sheer numbers used to snap even large branches and they often piled on top of each other to roost. And then. Poof. None left.

[scottpartridge]

Passenger Pigeons, Ectopistes migratorius, extinct 1914

[rgibson63]

Lost Americans wheel. Watercolor and ink.

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

I've collected some weird vintage bird imagery, from bird hats to bird people, ghost birds to giant birds.

[makenna-made-this]

Feel like shit just want them back

[in-vyn-cible]

Visited the local ecology building where they store specimens and they have a whole extinct/rare bird cabinet I was so blessed to be able to view and spend time with. The closest I’ve come to a religious experience, just getting to sit in the presence of these guys was so…there’s no words. I have more photos I’ll add eventually but I hope to go back again soon.

[cozydragonart]

Omg I can't believe Avian August is over. I DID IT! It's been so fun and a bit challenging to finish it up! Thank you @cookiedoves for hosting this challenge!! Here's my last 8 pigeons and doves. 24. Kereru (New Zealand) 25. Scaled Pigeon (South America) 26. Mourning Dove (North America) 27. Western Crowned Pigeon (New Guinea) 28. Old German Owl Pigeon (Germany, domestic breed) 29. Many-Colored Fruit Dove (Fiji, Samoan Islands, Tonga) 30. Cinnamon Ground Dove (New Guinea) 31. Passenger Pigeon (Extinct since 1914, North America)

[chameleocoonj]

flocking time: too many birds edition :>

[extinctionstories]

Next week, I graduate with my BFA in Art. This was my final piece of Illustration coursework. Hoping that it'll be part of the pitch package for a real book before long. 😊

Billions of Mouths to Feed Like most birds, the passenger pigeon was omnivorous, feeding on a wide variety of plant and insect matter. The most important of its food sources were mast-producing trees. A single pigeon could eat half its body weight in a day, and flocks wandered thousands of miles in search of a bountiful harvest; it was this habit of travel that gave the bird its name. Pigeons showed a preference for the mast of the American beech, the white oak, and the American chestnut (a tree whose own catastrophic population collapse, resulting from imported disease, may have played a role in the concurrent decline of the pigeon).

[alex-fictus]

Holocene Extinctions

These animals all deserved better, but the best we can do is remember them and tell their stories.

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Great Auk - Dodo

Stellar's Sea Cow - Japanese Sea Lion / Caribbean Monk Seal - Baiji

Imperial Woodpecker - Passenger Pigeon

Thylacine - Warrah - Turnspit Dog

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[amnhnyc]

On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last-known living Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) died at the Cincinnati Zoo. Her death at age 29 after a lifetime in captivity marked the disappearance of her once-abundant species from the world. And it made her name synonymous with species extinction at human hands. But what happened?

Before the second half of the nineteenth century, the Passenger Pigeon was the most common bird in the United States, with a population numbering in the billions. Flocks of pigeons flying overhead were so dense that they could darken the skies.  But a combination of overhunting and habitat destruction sent this species into decline, and by the turn of the century, it was considered extinct in the wild.

Photo: Enno Meyer, CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons

[feather-bone]

Passenger pigeon. They migrated across Canada and the US in flocks of many millions of birds, before their extinction in 1914.

[ID: a digital drawing of a passenger pigeon flying to the right, surrounded by coral pink flowers and a decorative border. End.]

[rolitae]

🧵 Passenger Pigeon - Extinct | tip | comms

I finally finished this pigeon!

None other than the passenger pigeon I originally made in May, 2021. I reworked the original pixels and set out to stitching. This design has 3,106 stitches, so it took me roughly 31+ hours to finish!

Originally, this pattern had flowers, but once I had stitched them, I absolutely hated them. I ripped them all off, scarring the canvas a bit (😞), and redesigned the whole thing. It was not the funnest part of the process.

Anyway, I'm pretty darn happy with the colour palette I hand-picked for this piece. A lot of work went into it 😭 I hope you like her!

Do you have any extinct animals you'd like to cross-stitch? 👁💋👁