Reverend John Bachman first describe his namesake warbler in Charleston, South Carolina in 1832. He sent several specimens to his friend John Audubon, who name it after Reverend Bachman. The Bachman's warbler spent the winters in Cuba, but were also reported in other places like the Bahamas. During the spring migrations there were two regions that saw Bachman's warblers, along the Gulf coast, along the MIssissippi River. The second migration path took the Bachman's warblers to the southeastern coast of the United States up to Naroth & South Carolina. The preferred to nest in swampy areas but could be found elsewhere in forests. It was relatively common through the 1880's - 1910 when clear cutting began in much of its habitat. By the 1930's the Bachman's warbler became rare. The last wintering wabler was seen in 1940. The last known Male Bachman's wabler was collected in Deer Island, Mississippi on March 21, 1941. A male was sighted and confirmed singing near I'on Swamp in South Carolina in April of 1962. A young female Bachman's warbler was spotted in Louisiana in 1988, but many think that bird was misideintified. The Bachman's warbler sang its fairwell song in 2021, when the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service officially declared it extinct. Although Jurassic Park is fiction, scientists are working on several de-extinction projects. In fact, in 2003 scientists did bring back the extinct Pyrenean ibex, a type of wild goat, for 7 minutes before it died, showing de-extinction is possible. The Bachman's warbler might be a good candidate because their are many museum specimens. With the DNA, scientists could potentially resurrect this extinct song bird. If it was brought back, would it be able to survive in the Southeastern United Stated and Cuba? We will probably never know.