New Jersey’s State Bird
In association with the Fine Feathered Friends exhibit, here’s history behind how the Eastern Goldfinch became New Jersey’s official state…
Passenger Pigeons on New Hampshire Public Radio
How many is a lot? When you’re talking passenger pigeons, that question is more controversial than you might think. I…
Smithsonian Open Access Program: Martha
To celebrate the Smithsonian Institution’s formal announcement of its Open Access program, which makes almost 3 million digital images and…
Extinct Birds in Ceramic
The New Jersey State Museum‘s Fine Feathered Friends exhibit combines mounted birds from the natural history collection with ceramic birds…
Another Passenger Pigeon in England
There are two passenger pigeons at Horniman Museum in London. This one is in Birmingham. Even better, the Birmingham Museums…
Two Passenger Pigeon Specimens in England
I recently stumbled upon two more passenger pigeon mounts I was unaware of. The Horninam Museum and Gardens in London,…
James Bond’s Passenger Pigeon Egg
This passenger pigeon egg is from the collection of James Bond, the real ornithologist and inspiration for the fictional spy.…
3D Passenger Pigeon from University of Victoria at Sketchfab
Passenger Pigeon specimen by UVic Libraries on Sketchfab
“An extraordinary bird of great size and beauty”
Mecca Cigarettes trading card from the early 1900s. “The young birds are very fat and their flesh is delicious.”…
Can Six Eggs Show Whether Passenger Pigeons Became Functionally Extinct?
David L. Roberts, Ivan Jarić and Andrew R. Solow, attempt to test the hypothesis that passenger pigeon became functionally extinct,…