Record #:

12678

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Less than a century ago, pigeons were predominant in North Carolina, with two billion pigeons counted in one flock. Witness W. C. Allen recorded a tale about the migration of a 200-mile-long flock of pigeons as it was starting from a resting place for a flight further north. Today, there isn't a single one of these passenger pigeons in the world.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 29 Issue 6, Aug 1961, p11-12, il

Subject(s):

Pigeons--North Carolina