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You may want to pause for a minute of silence at 1 p.m. on Monday, September
1, the centennial of the moment when "Martha" - the last Passenger Pigeon on
the planet - quietly kicked the bucket at the Cincinnati Zoo. Many
organizations are acknowledging what is arguably the world's most infamous
extinction event, including the
<http://www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/current-exhibitio
ns/passenger-pigeons> Royal Ontario Museum, the
<http://nature.ca/en/plan-your-visit/what-see-do/whats/passenger-pigeons>
Canadian Museum of Nature, and the
<http://www.si.edu/Exhibitions/Details/Once-There-Were-Billions-Vanished-Bir
ds-of-North-America-5126> Smithsonian Institution.
In case you missed it, please read
<http://www.birdscanada.org/organization/images/news/pdfs/BWCsu14PAPI.pdf>
"One Hundred Years after Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon" from the Summer
issue of Bird Studies Canada's magazineBirdWatch Canada, written by our
Director of National Programs Jon McCracken.
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vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>The hyperbole is highly excusable and our future is a highly open =
question, existentially speaking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div =
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0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
<b>On Behalf Of </b>c p Ruggles<br><b>Sent:</b> September-02-14 2:05 =
PM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[NatureNS] Take a Moment for =
Reflection<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks =
Pat,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Given the serious outcome I was forecasting my =
hyperbole might be excused? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> I wish I had chosen a better closing =
phrase, but it does catch the pathos of our =
situation.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Paul.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
2014-09-02, at 11:48 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>A =
great essay. The only thing I would question is that Homo sapiens will =
no go extinct. Our modern technological society may very well disappear, =
but humans will still be around, the question is what will the dominant =
society resemble: Renaissance? Middle Ages? Ancient Rome, etc. =
<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Pat<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
Sep 1, 2014, at 5:07 PM, c p Ruggles wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>John, =
<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Here it is =
- <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><ecology =
essay.rtf> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Paul.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
2014-09-01, at 4:32 PM, John and Nhung wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>I am interested. Is there a =
link?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm;border-width:initial;border-color:initial'><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span class=3Dapple-converted-space><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span=
></span><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.=
ca</a><span class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span>[<a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebu=
cto.ns.ca</a>]<span class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span><b>On =
Behalf Of<span class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span></b>c p =
Ruggles<br><b>Sent:</b><span =
class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span>August-31-14 2:59 =
PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span><a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b=
>Subject:</b><span class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span>Re: =
[NatureNS] Take a Moment for =
Reflection</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Unfortuna=
tely, the Passenger Pigeon is only one of thousands of species that we =
have driven to extinction. Our problem is our ignorance of Ecology. I =
wrote an essay that appeared in The Chronicle Herald about our disregard =
for the realities of ecology. I can copy it for anyone that might be =
interested.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Paul =
Ruggles.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>On 2014-08-31, at 12:19 PM, Laurie Murison =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><div><p=
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From Birds =
Studies Canada:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span>=
<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You may want =
to pause for a minute of silence at 1 p.m. on Monday, September 1, the =
centennial of the moment when “Martha” – the last =
Passenger Pigeon on the planet – quietly kicked the bucket at the =
Cincinnati Zoo. Many organizations are acknowledging what is arguably =
the world’s most infamous extinction event, including the<span =
class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span><b><a =
href=3D"http://www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/current=
-exhibitions/passenger-pigeons"><span style=3D'color:#403A26'>Royal =
Ontario Museum</span></a></b>, the<span =
class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span><b><a =
href=3D"http://nature.ca/en/plan-your-visit/what-see-do/whats/passenger-p=
igeons"><span style=3D'color:#403A26'>Canadian Museum of =
Nature</span></a></b>, and the<span =
class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span><b><a =
href=3D"http://www.si.edu/Exhibitions/Details/Once-There-Were-Billions-Va=
nished-Birds-of-North-America-5126"><span =
style=3D'color:#403A26'>Smithsonian =
Institution</span></a></b>. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><=
div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span>=
<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In case you =
missed it, please read<span =
class=3Dapple-converted-space> </span><b><a =
href=3D"http://www.birdscanada.org/organization/images/news/pdfs/BWCsu14P=
API.pdf"><span style=3D'color:#403A26'>“One Hundred Years after =
Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon”</span></a></b> from the =
Summer issue of Bird Studies Canada’s magazine<i>BirdWatch =
Canada</i>, written by our Director of National Programs Jon =
McCracken.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div><p =
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