NATS 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Myxoma Virus, Target Practice, 6 Years
18 Jan 2017
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Lecture 13 passenger pigeon and carolina parakeet and invasive species. Distribution: eastern north america: migratory bird, winters in south east us such as florida and springs in the great lakes reason (north east) Individual flocks could have as many as 2 million birds: flying speed = ~100km/hour. Males and females formed a steady bond: males had slightly more vivid coloured chest feathers (brighter orange or reddish colours) Typically parental strategies are: few offspring but parents take really good care of them or, lots of offspring but low parental care. Person who got the top shooting prize had to kill 30 000 pigeons to win (a sport) 1850s hunting pigeons became a big business they didn"t accept the fact that these were becoming smaller population: people were in denial not being ableto believe the bird can go into extinction. Martha = the last known passenger pigeon who died of old age.
