Passenger Pigeon Part 2

Passenger Pigeon Part 2

Author: Nature Guys February 6, 2024 Duration: 33:59

Bob and Charles tackle one of the hardest subjects that Nature Guys has ever undertaken. In part 1 of Passenger Pigeon they go back in time to experience what this bird was like and how humans managed to wipe out this bird. Part 2 covers what we have learned and not learned from the Passenger Pigeon.

Related episodes: Passenger Pigeon Part 1, The Nature of Oaks with Doug Tallamy

For more information, we recommend these books:

  • Wild New World The Epic Story of Animals and People in America by Dan Flores (Bob's pick)
  • Man and Nature by George Perkins Marsh (Charles's pick)

Here are books Charles read; the links are to a non-profit website (www.bookshop.org). If you buy these books through the links below it gives Charles's blog credit which does him a lot of good!

Here are links to the relevant posts on Charles's blog called Gulo in Nature:


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