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how do pigeons help us?
pigeons help us because they carried messages in wars.
What is the difference between a passenger pigeon and a regular pigeon?
The main difference is that passenger pigeons are extinct. Also, regular pigeons now are much less attractive in color that passenger pigeons were.
What are the passenger pigeons predators?
Peregrine Falcons are the most threat for your pigeons.
Speculate about which animals might benefit if the passenger pigeon had not become extinct?
It's possible that scavengers like foxes and raccoons would have benefited from a continued presence of passenger pigeons due to the abundance of food. Similarly, certain bird species that may have relied on the pigeons as a food source or for nesting sites could have also experienced changes in their populations due to the extinction of passenger pigeons.
Where were passenger pigeons in the summer?
Passenger pigeons would fly in large flocks in Wisconsin and other states in the 1800s.
How did natives hunt the passenger pigeon?
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
What was passenger pigeons habitat?
The passenger lived in the forests of eastern North America.
What is the difference between the now extinct passenger pigeon and the messenger pigeon?
Messenger pigeons are domesticated Rock Pigeons,Columba livia domestica, that are trained to fly and return to humans. Passenger pigeons were a wild species.
What is the passenger Pigeons' scientific name?
Ectopistes Migratorious.
What is a falcons niche?
A falcon is a hunter. It is at the very top of the food chain, and has no natural enemies. Therefore, its niche is other birds, such as pigeons.
What year did the Passenger Pigeons become extinct?
The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914.
How were the passenger pigeon endangered?
Passenger Pigeons became endangered through overhunting and habitat loss.
