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At one time, they numbered in the billions. It was estimated that 40 out of every 100 birds in North America were passenger pigeons. The flocks were so huge they would turn day into dusk, and chickens would go to roost when the flocks passed over head. Audubon watched a flock pass over in Kentucky that took nearly two full days to pass over his location, flying day and night.

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