Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, a small songbird from Hawaii, went extinct in 1987. ...

TIL that the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, a small songbird from Hawaii, went extinct in 1987. The last male was recorded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, singing a mating call and waiting for a mate that would never come. He died alone, and his voice is all that remains.

https://youtu.be/x2KH5AoyeBc?si=zWkBJaDlzGseK2bI
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