Saving Our Birds

By JOHN W. FITZPATRICKAUG. 29, 2014

ITHACA, N.Y. — THE passenger pigeon is among the most famous of American birds, but not because of its beauty, or its 60-mile-an-hour flight speed. Nor is it a cherished symbol of our great country. No, we remember the passenger pigeon because of the largest-scale human-caused extinction in history. Full Story

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BIRD DEATHS

242 total found to date; 56 confirmed species

24 ruby-throated hummingbird

21 american robin

15 gray catbird

14 mourning dove

9 dark-eyed junco

9 white-throated sparrow

8 golden-crowned kinglet

8 cedar waxwing

6 song sparrow

5 american goldfinch

5 yellow-billed cuckoo

5 northern cardinal

4 northern flicker

4 hermit thrush

3 red-winged blackbird

3 ovenbird

3 common yellowthroat

3 house finch

3 yellow-bellied sapsucker

3 indigo bunting

2 eastern towhee

2 eastern bluebird

2 european starling

2 scarlet tanager

2 black-throated green warbler
2 brown thrasher

2 eastern kingbird

2 ruby-crowned kinglet

1 northern mockingbird

1 carolina chickadee

1 white-breasted nuthatch

1 fox sparrow

1 yellow-rumped warbler

1 american redstart

1 savannah sparrow

1 great crested flycatcher

1 louisiana waterthrush

1 yellow-throated vireo

1 field sparrow

1 common nighthawk

1 black-throated blue warbler

1 northern waterthrush

1 rose-breasted grosbeak
1 tennessee warbler
1 red-eyed vireo
1 chestnut-sided warbler
1 yellow warbler
1 tufted titmouse

1 palm warbler

1 blue-headed vireo

1 brown creeper

1 american woodcock

1 american pipit

1 white-crowned sparrow

1 worm-eating warbler

1 killdeer

43 unknown

ON CAMPUS: 18 total found to date; 11 confirmed species

2 common yellowthroat

2 song sparrow

1 hermit thrush

1 american goldfinch

1 yellow-billed cuckoo

1 ruby-throated hummingbird

1 eastern towhee

1 Swainson's thrush

1 tufted titmouse

1 golden-crowned kinglet

1 American robin

5 unknown