The New Yorker discusses the sad tale of the Passenger Pigeon, which at one point was the most numerous bird in North American, before it went extinct just a few decades later. In the bird conservation world, we often focus on the most endangered, rare birds. But the story of the Passenger Pigeon reminds us that it's just as important to keep common birds common, to protect then before they're at risk of extinction.
By Garrison Frost
January 02, 2014
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.