These birds were hunted for meat that was sold by the ton, and it was easy to do because when those big flocks came down to the ground, they were so dense that hundreds of hunters and netters could show up and slaughter them by the tens of thousands.
Ove ptice lovili su za meso koje se prodavalo na tone, i bilo je lako to učiniti jer kad bi ta velika jata sletjela na zemlju, bila su toliko gusta da su stotine lovaca i ljudi s mrežom mogle doći i poubijati desetke tisuća ptica.