Grimsby, in the Niagara district, has been invaded by millions of wild pigeons. A report says the pigeons have taken possession of all the available woods within a range of five or six miles south of Grimsby. The farmers have turned out with shot guns and other weapons, and are slaughtering them by hundreds. It is believed they have made a temporary roost of the locality referred to. They came from the direction of the south-east. Limbs of many large trees are reported to have broke down with the weight of the pigeons perched thereon.
May 8, 1875. Pigeon invasion. Winnipeg Standard 34: 4.History and Legacy of Wild Birds Including Historic Ornithology and Other Topics of Interest
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18 May 2014
16 May 2014
Flocks of Pigeons Cross Niagara River
The Niagara, Canada West Mail, of the 19th ult. states — A tremendous emigration of pigeons from the adjoining states took place on Sunday inst. They were crossing the Niagara from before nine o'clock in the morning until past one in the afternoon, and taking the speed flight at forty miles an hour, the flock must have been upwards of one hundred and twenty miles in length.
May 4, 1847. Flocks of pigeons. Middlebury Northern Galaxy 12(1): 2.