What are passenger Pigeons?
Some people suspect that the passenger pigeon and the carrier pigeon are one and the same bird. The words passenger and carrier suggest travel and certainly the carrier pigeon is a most talented traveler, but the two pigeons are not the same, and one lived a story of heartbreaking sadness. During World Wax I, $l,000. was offered for a pair of passenger pigeons. This reward money was never collected because the last one of these American birds had perished. He lived his final days in the Zoological Gardens of Cincinnati and bade farewell to the world in l9l4. Nature never repeats herself and passenger pigeons will never again appear in the world. When an entire species of any animal Perishes it becomes extinct and never returns. The passenger pigeon became extinct only half a century ago so. We have records to remind us what he was like. He was an elegant, slender pigeon., Measuring about l7 inches from his perky beak to his pointed tail. His back and wings were ordinary pigeon gray, bu
