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Gone But Not Forgotten

Where are the passenger pigeons?

You’ve never seen a passenger pigeon. But not too long ago, millions of them filled the skies.

Suddenly, the bright noonday sky turns black, and the sound of millions of flapping wings fills the air. The cloud of birds passes on, and on, That’s what it was like when a flock of passenger pigeons passed overhead.

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