Passenger pigeons would fly in large flocks in Wisconsin and other states in the 1800s.
Passenger pigeons were once a numerous bird and are now extinct.
http://www.audubon.org/magazine/may-june-2014/why-passenger-pigeon-went-extinct
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The main difference is that passenger pigeons are extinct. Also, regular pigeons now are much less attractive in color that passenger pigeons were.
Peregrine Falcons are the most threat for your pigeons.
The passenger lived in the forests of eastern North America.
Messenger pigeons are domesticated Rock Pigeons,Columba livia domestica, that are trained to fly and return to humans. Passenger pigeons were a wild species.
Ectopistes Migratorious.
Passenger Pigeons became endangered through overhunting and habitat loss.
The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914.
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Passenger pigeons were hunted by natives as a source of food. Here are several ways the natives hunted the passenger pigeons:killing the juveniles at night with long polessetting up large nests to capture the adult pigeonslow flying pigeons could be killed by throwing sticks and stonesCherokees killed pigeons by throwing their club at the leading pigeon in the morning when it left its roost
dodos, elephant birds, passenger pigeons
How does the pigeon protects itself?
Passenger Pigeons are primary and secondary consumers in their food chain, eating both plants and insects.