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Great looking bird. What a shame they are gone. Makes me wonder how many other unknown species were lost due to the expansion of civilization, going extinct before they were even "discovered" to exist.
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Destry thanks again for letting me know about your friends book. I downloaded it from Amazon to my kindle this morning and read the preface. I can tell it's going to an amazing story.
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If you're worried about extinction, the air, the water, etc., watch this.
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Kensal,
Actually it was only ever the Giant Canada Goose subspecies that was close to extinction. They actually thought they were gone until feral non-migratory flocks were discovered that were descendants of live decoys and ornamental birds. I don't think anybody has ever really looked into it, but I believe all the feral Canada Geese in the UK are giant strain as well. We shot some over there on a couple of occasions and they were the biggest ones I'd ever picked up in my whole life. The smallest race (Aleutian) was also in bad shape for a long time due to fox predation on their nesting islands. They finally got all the foxes cleared off and now they're doing fine. You can actually hunt them again, a great success story for a fun game bird. DLH
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Cloning the passenger pigeon
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William Mershon was a dedicated conservationist. His fish camp, which belongs to a friend of mine, is about 7 miles up stream from my cabin on the North Branch of the Au Sable. After northern Michigan was raped by the logging companies, Mershon planted tens of thousands of trees to try to repair the damage done before him
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I think I feel an article coming on. I wonder if he's mentioned in the Parker records as a purchaser?
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