[bcbirdclub] Fwd: [Ohio-birds] Pigeons in Ohio
- From: Bob Riggs <bob26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:12:11 -0400
Hi All,
This is an interesting link to newspaper articles describing pigeon flights,
hunts, and others means to harvest the Passenger Pigeons so they could be
packaged in barrels and shipped to the big cities by the market hunters. Take
care and good birding to you all.
Bob(Bebirding)
Robert D. Riggs
Pataskala, OH
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Bill Whan <billwhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: May 22, 2014 9:22:06 AM EDT
> To: OHIO-BIRDS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Ohio-birds] Pigeons in Ohio
> Reply-To: Bill Whan <billwhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In view of the release this year of Greenberg's "A Feathered River
> Across the Sky," an excellent examination of the sad career of the
> Passenger Pigeon, here are some snippets of newspaper accounts from
> various spots in Ohio in the old days, found by the prodigious
> researcher James Ducey. The Ohio spots include Cincinnati, Wilmington,
> Urbana, Bellefontaine, Chardon, Cleveland, Canton, Columbus, St.
> Clairsville, Ashtabula, West Union, Delaware, and Piqua.
> Bill Whan
> Columbus
>
> http://wildbirdsbroadcasting.blogspot.com/search/label/Ohio
>
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