I got a msg from the listserv that this msg was rejected, although it was in my sent mail. So I took the .gif image off (sign for Cherokee Park with a passenger pigeon) and am sending it again.
-----Original Message----- From: G Andersson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 4:57 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: FW: passenger pigeons in St Paul Tom Klein of DNR sent this in response to the note about passenger pigeon. I think it would be interesting to others and he said I could fwd it. Note to the logo of Cherokee Park in St Paul. Thanks Tom. gordon andersson -----Original Message----- From: Klein, Tom (DNR) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 12:51 PM To: G Andersson Subject: RE: [mou-net] article from Birdwatching magazine about de-extinction of passenger pigeon This was the only (and most-likely final) large flock to come through the city during my grandfather's life (1879-1951), so this must have been the event. I never met the man, as he died ten years before I was born. But the story was passed on to my father. Swanson makes no reference to any subsequent flights in the area. The species was in free fall at that time and any further presence of PP would have been small, un-noteworthy groupings or individuals. tk -----Original Message----- From: Klein, Tom (DNR) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 8:57 AM To: G Andersson Subject: RE: [mou-net] article from Birdwatching magazine about de-extinction of passenger pigeon Thanks for this, Gordon. My grandfather (George Klein), when a young boy, witnessed the flock that flew through St. Paul on June 2, 1884. As was reported: "A great flock of pigeons flew over St. Paul at dawn. The birds flew so low, many were killed with clubs and stones. The ordinance against the use of firearms within the city was disregarded. Several people killed three dozen birds on their own premises. Those that went to the bluffs got 50 to 60 in an hour. All agreed that "much sport has never been had in the city before."- from Swanson, E. B. 2007. "The Use and Conservation of Minnesota Wildlife". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Nongame Wildlife Program. Tom Klein Information Officer/Graphic Artist Minnesota Biological Survey Division of Ecological and Water Resources Minnesota Department of Natural Resouces ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
