Passenger pigeon

Jul 29 1804

Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — John Ordway: July 29, 1804

...it Indian Knob Creek, and Floyd, Beaver Creek. It is modern Pigeon Creek, which joins the Missouri near Crescent City, Iowa, a few miles above Council Bluffs. 2 The O...

Aug 25 1804

Clark: August 25, 1804

...d meet and two Prarie Larks (which are about the Size of a Pigeon and Peculier to this country) and on a Buffalow roabe we Slept verry well in the morning we procee...

Sep 17 1804

Clark: September 17, 1804

...its belley white feet like a Hawk abt. the size of a large Pigeon Capt Lewis returned at Dark. I took the Meridian & equal altitudes to day made the Lattitude. Colt...

Jul 12 1805

Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 12, 1805

...an lodge 216 feet in circum- ference. Here we saw some wild pigeons and turtle doves. Having gone about 7 miles we found Captain Clarke’s party, who had cut down tw...

Jul 13 1805

Lewis: July 13, 1805

...rther and encamped. I saw a number of turtledoves and some pigeons today. of the latter I shot one; they are the same common to the United States, or the wild pigeo...

Mar 2 1806

Clark: March 2, 1806

...body in the act of flying the tail resembles that of a wild pigeon. tho the motion of the wings is much that of the Pheasant and Grouse. they have four toes on each...

Mar 2 1806

Lewis: March 2, 1806

...dy. in the act of flying the tail resembles that of a wild pigeon. tho the motion of the wings is much that of the pheasant and Grouse. they have four toes on each...

Mar 7 1806

Lewis: March 7, 1806

...s coast and river, 1st a small speceis about the size of a pigeon; white except some black spots about the head and a little brown on the but of the wings, 2nd a sp...

Mar 17 1806

Lewis: March 17, 1806

...a number of little ovate vesicles or bags of the size of a pigeon's egg. this plant seems to be calculated to float at each extremity while the little end of the tu...

Apr 17 1806

Lewis: April 17, 1806

... corvus, they are about the size and shape of those of the pigeon. they are bluish white much freckled with dark redish brown irregular spots, in short it is reathe...

Jul 12 1806

Lewis: July 12, 1806

... this place on the 13th of July 1805 saw the brown thrush, pigeons, doves &c. the yellow Currants begining to ripen.

Jul 19 1806

Lewis: July 19, 1806

...uch quantities as yesterday, also antelopes, wolves, gees, pigeons, doves, hawks, ravens crows larks sparrows &c. the Curlooe has disappeared.

Jul 24 1806

Lewis: July 24, 1806

...f which we made a kettle of mush which together with a few pigeons that we were fortunate enough to kill served us with food for this day. I sent the hunters out bu...

Aug 7 1806

Lewis: August 7, 1806

...so saw an unusual flight of white gulls about the size of a pigeon with the top of their heads black. at 4 P.M. we arrived at the entrance of the Yellowstone river....

Sep 18 1806

Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806

...36, 137, 142, 147, 149, 222, 227, 248 Philosophy river, 122 Pigeons, wild, 10g Pike fish, 20 Pine, 83-85, 113, 114, 116, 121, 126, 128, 131, 135, 136, 140, 142, 144, ...