Thoughtful comments, Bill -- than ks for the heads-up on when we can expect to get hold of Joel's book. In the meantime, for those who can't wait, pick up a copy of Allan Eckart's "The Silent Sky."

Pat Williamsen
Westerville



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From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 10:42 am
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Passenger pigeons (no sighting)


On Tuesday, Joel Greenberg's book on passenger pigeons will be released.
A Feathered River Across the Sky" is the fruit of years of research, a
ot of it in Ohio, into the natural and unnatural history of this
tterly unique and remarkable bird.
       A hundred years ago, the last pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo, and
he last widely-known specimen taken in the wild had been shot in Ohio's
ike County in 1900; it now rests in the Ohio Historical Society about a
ile from where I sit. In one week in 1861, Circleville businesses
hipped 215,000 pigeons in barrels to epicures on the east coast. In the
880s, you could buy a pair of live cardinals in the Columbus market for
wo dollars, an amount that would have bought you five hundred
igeons--alive, or freshly killed--in the same venue.
       The story of this bird provides one superlative after another, as well
s great pathos; our own species comes out not looking good at all. I've
ead drafts of this work, and recommend it highly. Greenberg's web site
Project Passenger Pigeon" is found at
ttp://passengerpigeon.org/newbook.html .  If you liked "Hope is the
hing with Feathers," you will be enthralled by this book.
ill Whan
olumbus
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