Dear Millennium, on the Extinction of Migrant Doves
A century ago, our skies were rife with Ectopistes migratorius— wild passenger pigeons—doves. A boy could shoot up in the air, and thundering flocks would rainon his face, on his shoulders—a miraculous abundance of quail in this desert.Ruthlessly, we shot bird after bird darkening the noons with migrations for miles on miles. Why, in the …