Dale G. wrote -

<big snip>

> The demise of both the Carolina Parakeet and the
> Passenger Pigeon at approximately the same time demonstrates that Euro-
> American colonization of the continent produced fundamental and far-
> reaching environmental effects.

(mild understatement)

Thanks for this, Dale. This is what makes Tweeters so useful.

- Jack



Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca