Articles for tag: Annie Oakley, Pigeons

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Clay Pigeon Shooting Games

There are many shotgun trap games you can play with big groups here are a few to get you started: 1. Annie Oakley. This is a last man standing game. Everyone starts off in a big straight line. If the thrower is in a bunker line up behind the bunker, if he is throwing by ...

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Where Are All the Baby Pigeons?

My mother, sister and I would have special afternoons together in Connecticut when we went to the dentist’s office in downtown Hartford. We would all get on the city bus, arrive near the dentist’s office, and after our appointments would walk to G. Fox and Company and do a bit of Nancy Drew shopping on ...

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Wringer Book Report

The main character in this book is Palmer, and he is a 9-year old child. Some minor characters are Beans (the leader of the group of boys, and is rude, dirty, and misbehaved), Mutto (a member of the group of boys who is also rude, dirty, and misbehaved, but is not the leader), Henry (the ...

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Urban Agriculture: Raising Pigeons

Pigeons are seen by many as the rats of the sky. As a bird that is well adapted to human interaction, pigeons tend to flock in cities and urban environments where they become a messy nuisance. On the other hand, the ability to interact closely with people has made them an excellent animal for raising, ...

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Keeping Pigeons as Pets

Though pigeons are often frowned upon in North America and western Europe as “flying rats,” or, in general, seen as vermin, many people throughout the Middle East and other parts of the world commonly raise pigeons and doves as pets. Dating back to ancient times, pigeons have primarily been kept for companionship, correspondence, and food, ...

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Post-Extinction Consequences of Passenger Pigeon on Forest Ecosystem

There was a time that the forests of Eastern North America were very different than they are today. A thick, endless canopy stretched from the Southeastern United States northward well into Canada. Oaks, Birch, Beech, Sycamore, Bur and American chestnut were a few of the trees that comprised this great forest. Within this forest one ...