*Black River Audubon April Program*
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Harvey Webster, Director of Wildlife Resources at the Cleveland Museum of
Natural History, will present his program “Of Mast and Men- the Life, Times
and Demise of the Passenger Pigeon” on April 2, at 7 pm at ****Carlisle** **
Reservation** **Visitor** **Center****, ****12882 Diagonal Road****,
LaGrange.****
Webster, a nationally known conservationist, oversees educational programs
and the museum’s ****Ralph** **Perkins** **Wildlife** **Center****. He also
helped facilitate the recovery of the bald eagle. The museum was the first
institution in the world to use artificial insemination to successfully
breed eagles and introduce the young to existing wild nests. But the plight
of the passenger pigeon has always been one of his pet interests, according
to Webster.****
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“Approximately 200 years ago, the passenger pigeon was thought to be the
most numerous species of bird on earth, with a population of 3.5 billion,”
Webster explained. “Frontier descriptions of flock size defy imagination.
Flocks darkened the skies for days on end in migration. Nesting colonies
could occupy 50 square miles. And yet by 1914 the species was extinct.”
Join us as we explore the history of this remarkable species, the nature of
its extraordinary numbers, current thoughts on the causes of its extinction
and the lessons for landscape ecology. Webster will also discuss how the
passenger pigeon’s demise sparked the modern conservation movement.****
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This program is sponsored by the Black River Audubon Society and is free to
the public. For more information on programs, volunteering or becoming a
member, visit www.blackriveraudubon.org or call 440-225-7601.
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