[wisb] Re: Passenger Pigeon in Wisconsin
- From: "John Idzikowski" <idzikoj@xxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:57:43 -0500 (CDT)
There is a possibility that Martha originated from Shawano Co. and then a
captive flock present in Milwaukee in the late 19th Century. There is no direct
evidence of her origin as the Cincinnati Zoo flock had multiple origins.
Martha's zookeeper had stated that she did come from the Milwaukee flock as he
apparently was familar with individual birds. In any event the story about the
Milwaukee flock and its caretaker, David Whittaker is very interesting. I have
been able to physically track down to within a few feet, using city plats and a
very rare photograph, the location of Whittaker's cage as described by Ruthven
Deane(see attached articles) here in Milwaukee. More on that later.
http://extinct-website.com/pdf/p0234-p0237.pdf
http://extinct-website.com/pdf/p0181-p0183.pdf
John Idzikowski,
Milwaukee
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