Many people described the incredible, deafening sound of these. In fact, their numbers were said to be so great that large branches would break under the weight of the birds. With passenger pigeons ...

Pigeons can fly between 600 and 700 miles in a single day and flights of over 1,000 miles have been recorded by birds in competitive pigeon racing (when specially bred and trained birds are ...

Multicolored birds were developed over centuries of near domestication. Polytypic (12 ssp.; nominate in North America.). Length 12.5". A medium-size compact pigeon with long wings and a short tail.

Since no accurate data were recorded on the passenger pigeon, it is only possible to give estimates on the size and population of these nesting areas. A single site might cover many thousands of acres ...

Bird experts like Winston find a certain justice in the sculpture's size, saying it might as well represent the huge ...

The noble passenger pigeon's common name comes from the French term pigeon de passage, referring to the massive migrations of these birds across the sky. A flock of passenger pigeons reported in ...