Wild Pigeons Abound in Fayetteville

Wild pigeons abound in great numbers in Fayetteville, N.C. at present.

February 9, 1860. [Wild pigeons abound in Fayetteville.] Jeffersonian 19(5): 2.

North Carolina Woods Crowded with Wild Pigeons

The woods in North Carolina have been overrun with wild pigeons. The Raleigh Register of the 19th says: —

The woods are crowded with myriads of these birds — so large a number never having been before seen in this section of the country. We have heard of one flock so large that, when roosting, they cover an are of two miles in length, and one in breadth.

March 2, 1838. [Woods crowded with wild pigeons.] New-Bedford Mercury 31(37): 2.

Multitudes of Pigeons Killed at Stokes County Roost

A writer in the Salem Press says it is estimated that from 500,000 to 1,000,000 pigeons have been killed at "the Roost" in Stokes county, N.C., and that there are millions still there. Powder and shot have been exhausted in that region, and the people are calling for more.

January 23, 1858. Pigeons. Keowee Courier 9(27): 2.