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Men and their guns have decimated too much of our wild.

The Chinese blight that killed all the American Chesnutt trees in the United States had more to do in destroying their food source than any other factor. There were forest still intact in the 1800's and into the 1900's to provide habitat for them but the American Chesnutt was going extinct. However, one tree out of four in the U.S.at one time was an American Chesnutt and in an instant it was gone at the same time as the passenger pigeon. Exactly the same time period.

This is so absurd and sad.

Thank you, Sir. Could you please give us a link to the Richard Nelson speech you mentioned? I couldn't find it with a Google search unless it's on one of the subscription-only websites identified in the search results. TIA...

My Great Grand Father as told to me by my grandfather use to kill them in Southern Michigan with a 30 foot wooden pole. They would provide a base for the pole in the ground and simply move the pole back and forth knocking them out of the air as the Pigeons passed overhead.

I knew Mr. BEASLEY PERSONALLY. And he was my Dad's Friend. We go back 7 generations.

Y'all are off on area it's located let's just say it's a long the bedias creek around the Hopewell road. But look for it at your own risk it's cursed and already has taken many life's

Outstanding research. Thank you!

Thank you for this ! As an Afro-Caribbean/Canadian now living in Texas, I am interested in the Afro America experience

Greetings from The Netherlands. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for this🥹

Basically what Europeans did was to consume and transmute the protein stores of pre-Columbian America.

Thanks for the Ybarbo history episode. My wife's family are also descendants of Gil Ybarbo.

Awesome

I like to think of this as the “ecological” Titanic sinking

I'm sick of such blacks who need play victim. As a kid yes we heard of this man as many others blacks sone blacks. Try to say whites erased their achievements. Bull. Dah, think, there's written history of this gentleman of you'd not of known in the first place.

I'm afraid that it's already too late because of the attitude of modern society. I see it every day in my area. The constant chipping away of natural habitat with more and more urbanization springing up in every corner of the country is the biggest challenge to face us presently. If we don't control over development, we could lose so many other species of not only animals, but trees and plants as well. We are the scourge of our planet! One group of our society which I am a part of, has ironically helped to contribute to the preservation of habitat, and those people are hunters. The funds collected each year from licenses, special taxes on guns and ammo, and other contributions, have very effectively made it possible for huge tracts of land to be set aside from development, and conserved for the benefit of not only game animals such as deer, ducks, and small game, but also for non-game species such as songbirds, woodpeckers, raptors such as hawks and owls, to other creatures like reptiles, insects, amphibians, and not to mention trees and vegetation such as wild grasses and wild flowers. Much would have already been lost if not for sportsman's dollars.

I skipped around video. sorry if this is repeat. I read somewhere that well before 1910 when it looked dire. in 1890s When there were still isolated groups of wild flocks, people were working to save and protect them. I think one suggested the reproduction appeared to suffer. Some animals suffer from crowding. Could it be these birds suffered when not crowded? I think its extinction astounds non birding people also because so many other game birds survived this period of indiscriminate hunting. bobwhite, mourning doves, ruffed grouse, ducks, egrets, etc.

So sad, the cancel mentality media control around Trump. They refuse to see anything he says or does as significant. Obama would not pardon Marcus Garvey or Jack Johnson. Trump had the guts to close this chapter in history that was racist. I am really glad that I found this video. Studying the history of African Americans in Texas is fascinating. . Obama gave courage awards to several people who were LBGT. Osama did not have the courage to stand up for justice for Jack Johnson.

This is the species I'd like to be brought back. Sometime in the future, technology will bring the bird back. Just to see the white oaks dominate the woods again would be make the effort worthwhile. I'll be long dead, but it'll be restored.

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Thank you for putting this together!! Really well made. I’ve always wanted to learn more about this particular ancestor of mine, now I do.

An excellent documentary - thanks for posting Tbe Bryan Museum. By any measure, the loss of the PP has to rank among the most shameful and tragic anthropogenic extinctions. It robbed future generations of an incredible wildlife spectacle unparalleled anywhere across the globe. We can only imagine the breathtaking spectacle that was lost. For anyone looking to read more (have a box of tissues to hand) i would recommend Joel Greenberg’s book ‘A Feathered River Across The Sky’

I’m so glad this story was brought to light and corrected ❤

I’m a Scandinavian. This story should be known by all.

I know i read ,he had a club,and thr white man got jealous and bought it,i hope it didn't last long.

Gil Y’Barbo is my x great grandfather. Francis Y’barbo Young was my great great grandmother. The story goes 4 Y’barbo sisters married 4 Pantalion brothers. We have a family graveyard in Nacogdoches off hwy 7 mixed with Y’barbo and Pantalion ancestors we clean twice a year. This is a great presentation. It’s been difficult to find cohesive info about Gil Y’Barbo. Love this!

Greetings from a Y’Barbo who was born, raised, and still lives in Nacogdoches.

I am related to Gil Y'Barbo on my grandmother side; we are direct descendants (he would my x times grandfather). And I am related to Vicente Cordova on my father's side we are also direct descendants. I very much appreciate your passion for our states history and thanks for putting this together. Can't wait to read your book.

Can't believe that they got wiped out.

Honestly, I would love to see a flock the size of a storm cloud (if the species gets brought back from extinction)

Thank you so much for this documentary❤️

Very good content ✌🏼✌🏼

Humans killed off all of the mega fauna in North America around 12,000 BC. Now they've changed their mind. If they looked they'd discover some kind of disease that dwindled their numbers beyond recovery.

IAM 100% sure as a racing pigeons owner,that the passenger pigeon still alive.i saw a couple of them a month ago.

That's awesome are you in TX or Tennessee

With have that like of beard

Fascinating! I was born and raised in Houston, Tx and my grandmother would always tell us how we had ancestors who lived in western Louisiana who then went on to establish and settle around Nacogdoches. Recently visited Natchitoches and Fort Jean Baptiste. Then went to the site of Los Adaes near Robeline, LA and had a personal lecture and tour since we were the only ones there visiting. Then followed the El Camino Real to Nacogdoches and visited the replica of Y'Barbo's Stone Fort house where there was maybe a couple of lines about him on two posters. We couldn't stay too long since we had an Astros game that evening. Thanks

History is written by the victore. Scew your fucking book!

Why would TH-cam recommend this to me, it’s july

thank you so much for educating, and sharing this with us!

There apparently have been some unconfirmed sightings of passenger pigeons after they were said to have gone extinct, in the 20s two hunters saw one in Wisconsin and one of the hunters said he recognized it since he used to see them in the millions as a child, it was probably a mourning dove but anything is possible

An Idiotic White Supremacy The culprit of all that we lost

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Sadly, we no longer have that species today.

Keep the fkn slave shit going.

Thank y’all for the work you do, But Please Stop calling original Americans; African American. Colonizers deemed Us African Americans to separate Us from the American soil. Africa is a Continent. North, South and Central America is a continent. We are the only group that started as American Indian, then to Negro, then to colored, Afro American and now “African American”…. We don’t mind being called FBA. (Foundational Black Americans). Or indigenous.

"It's just a stupid bird" and you're just a stupid human! Protect wildlife and yhe earth we live on.

Totally agree, the press is no longer free and objective. They are part of the problem.

Quit trying to change history and take God out by using political correctness. It's not BCE...BC is right. I quit watching this garbage.