The slender-billed curlew has officially been declared extinct by the IUCN — the first bird in history to vanish across three continents: Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Once a graceful traveller between seasons, it’s now a silence stretching from marsh to sky.
Some songs end where the wind begins.
days of stone 
Every species we lose is a testament to human greed. Beautiful elegy, Ryan.
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