Many flocks contained over one or two billion birds.
There was just one passenger liner Lusitania.
One of the main reasons the US entered World War I on the side of the allies was because the Germans had sunk the Lusitania, a passenger ship containing many Americans.
The Indian kingdoms used messengers to send word from one king to another. Pigeons were also used to transmit messages. The latter skill was borrowed from the Sumerians.
The distance between the two most widely separated points in Russia is about 8,000 km / 497.096954 milesA commercial passenger jet's average speed is about 965 kph (600mph).So a commercial passenger jet flying at average speed would need 8 hours 18 minutes to make the journey
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It also departed Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and flew 110 feet from takeoff to landing. 1903If instead you meant the first flight by a commercial passenger airline: then it was Tampa, Florida. It departed from St. Petersburg, Florida and flew 21 miles from takeoff to landing carrying one passenger. 1914
yes they do, that is why you quite often see a flock of doves containing one with brown or black on it
Yes, the passenger pigeon was the most abundant bird on the planet at one time, and was found in North America. Hunting to extremes doomed this colonial nesting species.
it depends on how big the flock is but usually there is 35 or 45
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.
No one can say, but there are certainly thousands.
There is not specific reason why Pigeons are called Pigeons, just like why are humans called humans. No one knows.
The killer of Miss Springer and Mademoiselle Blanche was Ann Shapland, because she was a spy sent form Ramat, and thought those teachers were trying to steal the jewels. The killer of Miss Vansittart was Mrs. Chadwick, because she was jealous and wanted to be the next headmistress in line.
Any more than one
Angel is the youngest one in the flock.
Passenger pigeons are now extinct. However, many kinds of pigeon do mate for life.
Well about one thousand eight hundred and ten
Louis Tomlinson from one direction is afraid of pigeons.