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 -----Original Message----- From: Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> To: OHIO-BIRDS <[log in to unmask]> 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 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. lease consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. ur thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. ou can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: istserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS end questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]