One of the things I will miss about the other place is the amazing deep dive by experts into niche bits of their expertise.

I know there are experts here on the Fediverse. And I know there are keen amateurs, and deep dives.

It's just I don't think I come across amazing things like this thread over here anywhere near as often as I used to over there.

Anyway. Read about #PassengerPigeon numbers in this amazing thread:
https://x.com/UrsulaV/status/1701218668393193976

It's well worth your time (IMHO)

#pigeon

I dreamed again of the passenger pigeon, blotting out the sky, fertilizing and remaking the forest, marking the seasons.

#dream #passengerpigeon

(Illustration of the Passenger Pigeon from Birds of America, 1827 - 1838

John James Audubon)