*Black River Audubon April Program* *** *** **** 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.**** ** ** “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.**** ** ** 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. ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]