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last sighted in 1985

The song of the last Kauai O'o was recorded in 1986, singing to a mate that will never come.

Third piece in my feathered ends series

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Carolina parakeet

[Conuropsis carolinensis]

Presumed extinct 1918

Second piece in my feathered ends series

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September 4th marks the 60th anniversary of the last confirmed live sighting of an Eskimo Curlew. The last Eskimo Curlew on record, a single bird, was seen and fatally shot in Barbados in 1963.

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“At sunset, September 4, 1963, a lone Eskimo curlew, flying at the head of a flock of shore birds, was shot down by a hunter on the coast of Barbados…. “On finding that the victim was not the familiar whimbrel, the hunters gave the large, buff-gray bird with a long, curving bill to Capt. Maurice B. Hutt…who…placed the bird in his deepfreeze.” It was discovered some 17 months later by James Bond (From the US Geological Survey/Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center website) * * * *

The last of the curlews is also an amazing short film based on this bird

Forth Piece in my Feather ends series