INHS Reports May-June

The Naturalist's Apprentice: Passenger Pigeon Colors

Carolyn Nixon, Office of the Chief

You will never see a Passenger Pigeon flying through the sky. You will never see the subtle beauty of the rust-colored chest or the bluish gray back, or catch a glimpse of the iridescent greens and pinks as the sunlight strikes the feathers on its neck. Color the Passenger Pigeon below and try to imagine what a flock of thousands of them must have looked like!

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