Ingmar Bergman and the Cebu Flowerpecker

Two disparate events last month made me think of extinction: One concerned Ingmar Bergman and the other—the Cebu Flowerpecker.
Ingmar Bergman is the Swedish director who died in July 30, 2007 at age 89. The Cebu Flowerpecker is an endemic bird that clings to life in a patch of disturbed Cebu forest. Bergman is extinct; the [...]

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