Are you aware that your children may never have heard the sound of a rotary dial telephone, a coffee percolator or a typewriter? Who knew that some noises could eventually become as extinct as the passenger pigeon? Depending on your age, you or your kids or grandchildren may have only heard some of the following sounds in old movies, if at all.
(thanks Cora)
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Okay, I don't feel as old... What's a passenger pigeon?
The Passenger Pigeon or Wild Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was a bird that existed in North America and lived in enormous migratory flocks until the early 20th century. The Passenger Pigeon is now extinct. The last nesting birds were reported in the Great Lakes region in the 1890s. The last reported individuals in the wild were shot at Babcock, Wisconsin in 1899, and in Pike County, Ohio on March 24, 1900. Some individuals, however, remained in captivity.
The last Passenger Pigeon, named Martha, died alone at the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914.
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