95 years ago on this day, Martha died at the Cincinnati Zoo. In one sense, her death marked the end of the species Ectopistes migratorius. In another sense, since she was a lone bird in a cage and Ectopistes migratorius nested and lived successfully in vast flocks and in no other context, the species as a part of the world was long since gone.
September 1, 2009
September 1, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Already today I’ve seen blog posts commemorating the 95th anniversary of the death of Martha and the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. Not a good day in history, apparently.
September 2, 2009 at 7:32 am
Yes, John, not good at all…