Talk:Booming Ben

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Statue of Booming Ben, created by Todd McGrain

• ... that Booming Ben (pictured) was the last living heath hen, marking the first species biologist closely observed go extinct?

• Source: In the spring of 1929, only a single survivor returned to the blind that biologists had set up at the remaining heath hens’ mating ground at a local farm. Islanders nicknamed the remaining heath hen “Booming Ben” ... Booming Ben’s death marked the first time biologists had been able to watch firsthand as a species (or, technically, in this case, a subspecies) went extinct.

https://daily.jstor.org/last-heath-hen/

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ebenezer Harcourt

Created by Significa liberdade (talk) and Manuelito2021consupadre (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 14 past nominations.

Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 17:41, 25 December 2025 (UTC).[reply]

• New enough (created yesterday), long enough (2261 b/370 w per WP:Prosesize), and verifiable enough. (Source in newsletter link: Gross, Alfred O. (1929). "The Heath Hen Census for 1929". The Wilson Bulletin. 41 (2): 67–71. Retrieved 2025-12-26 – via JSTOR. )

Hook-rewording suggestion: ALT 1a: "... that the death of heath hen Booming Ben (pictured) marked the first time biologists observed a species' extinction firsthand?" --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 16:01, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That hook sounds good to me! I was curious about the best way to phrase it, so thanks! Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 18:24, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]