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24 October 2013

Wild Pigeons and the Great Shooting Tournament at Coney Island

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A vast roost of nesting wild pigeons along the Canadian River in central Oklahoma — on the frontier a great distance in the west from Coney...

Millions of Wild Pigeons - Immense Roost in Indian Territory

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The Arrival of 8,500 Pigeons in Time for the Coney Island Tournament - How they were Trapped and Transported to this Market. There arrived o...
23 October 2013

Examples of Wild Pigeon Demise in 1880

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Newspaper records from 1880 provide several exquisite examples of the reported extent of wild pigeons being killed or trapped from April to ...
22 October 2013

Gas Lantern Above Capitol Building Dome Killed Wildfowl

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The Early Days of Gas. Experiments Made Forty Years Ago at the Capitol. A Lantern Raised Upon the Capitol Building to Light the Surrounding ...
19 October 2013

Fashionable Cruelty - Slaughter of Birds for Ladies' Hats

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What Mr. Bergh Thinks of It Walking up Broadway one fine afternoon lately, a Tribune reporter noticed an unusually large display of plumage ...

Urbane Autumn Visit of Prairie Meadowlarks

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After an extended walk up and down the hills on the west side of the Missouri River valley while retrieving aluminum for recycling purposes,...
15 October 2013

Omaha's Zesto Building Conveys Design Problems and Causes

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The relatively recently built Zesto building in North Downtown is gaining prominence for its significance associated with bird-window strike...