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Tyranthraxus posted...

As usual, habitat destruction did most of the work, but hunting was #2 on the list.

Hunting was the main reason passenger pigeons died off. Essentially the telegraph and railroad killed them. The telegraph allowed hunters to have super precise and up to date knowledge of where masses of birds where nesting. Railroads allowed for cheap transportation of them across the country so any killed passenger pigeon would bring in at least some money.