Pigeon River Pollution The Pigeon River flows through North Carolina and right here into East Tennessee. The Pigeon River got its name from an extinct bird‚ which migrated through the valley of North Carolina. Although‚ the Pigeon River looks nice‚ there is something extremely harmful going on inside the river. The long-polluted Pigeon River in Cocke County has not been “fishable” or “swimmable” for over 100 years due to pollution. The river’s water has turned dark brown‚ and has a terrible
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opinion piece ‘Pigeon plague in our cities’ Jo Bonella from the city newspaper argues that pigeons are over populating in Melbourne and are posing a health concern to residents and to themselves. In a blaming tone- she blames humans for feeding the pigeons too much. The author tries to persuade the readers using a series of techniques. The writer asserts that there is an over population of pigeons both in Perth and Melbourne. She uses figures that “there are over 60 000 pigeons in the city”.
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Human Impact On the Passenger Pigeon The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was a unique species and was probably the most horrible example of human-caused extinction in history. There had been around three to five billion passenger pigeons‚ the total number of birds to be found in the United States today. The last passenger pigeon alive‚ named Martha‚ died on September 1‚ 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. Humans have always had a huge impact on their surroundings and when the Europeans arrived
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Dodos and Passenger Pigeons are both extinct birds that died by human hands. They are both birds that look similar‚ but they were two different type of birds. They lived in two different areas of the world and their habits were different. The reason why they became extinct are two different stories. There are differences between the Dodos and Passenger Pigeons such as are how they became extinct‚ in their body size‚ and where they lived. Their extinction was caused by humans who were hunting them
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How to Keep the Pigeons Away We have witnessed over the past few decades the number of pigeons drastically increased in urban areas‚ especially in smaller urban areas of the larger cities. They favor the tall buildings that provide good shelter‚ permanent sources of food and water and not enough natural enemies that can stop the uncontrolled breeding of these birds. In some parts of the world‚ they are rightly called "flying rats"! Pigeon is omnivorous‚ well-adjusted in terms of the city noise‚
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The Revenge of the Pigeon One sweltering day while I was walking through the park‚ out of nowhere something hit me. Literally‚ something hit me! It was white and smelly. At that moment‚ I know that there was a pigeon‚ but I was wrong. Ten seconds had not elapsed when it suddenly got dark. I look into the sky and see something amazing. It was a swarm of pigeons. It was the most bizarre thing ever. We all ducked and ran for cover. Then it began flooding tons and tons of pigeons. They were just zigging
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Jaywalking is a crime. What if a person wasn’t crossing the street‚ what if it was a pigeon? Pigeons jaywalk all the time as they know that a car is coming at them 65mph and nonchalantly walk towards the other side. Pigeons don’t care about street rules; (they make their own). Writing became my jaywalk. As a pen stuck to my hand it became a pigeon walking across a street with no fear. Expressing my creative side as I walk my pen against the dialogue of short films I made and poems about my insecurities
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In an opinion piece entitled ‘Pigeon Plague in Our Cities’‚ Jo Bonella uses a broad range of persuasive techniques in an attempt to persuade readers to accept his contention that a new program to stop pigeon feeding is needed to deal with a growing “pigeon plague”. Bonella firstly builds a very negative view of pigeons‚ describing the presence of these “pests” as a “plague” and pointing out that they were imported into Australia long ago for specific purposes‚ planting in readers’ minds the idea
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Chapter Two The White Pigeon Sugar Manufactory By the 1830s‚ the new European practice of extracting sugar identical to cane sugar from beets had captured the minds of separate but like-minded small groups of investors in Pennsylvania‚ Massachusetts‚ and Michigan. The latter group took the name “White Pigeon” after the town in which the company was organized. Experiments that took place in Michigan and Massachusetts led to the construction of factories sized to produce salable white sugar in commercial
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The introductory story‚ The Girl who Raised Pigeons‚ explores the relationship between a young girl‚ Betsy Ann‚ and her father‚ Robert Morgan and the incurred losses within the family and the surrounding neighborhood. Only nineteen when the great loss of his wife occurred‚ Robert became overwhelmed with the responsibility and loneliness from parenting. Following the death of her mother‚ Robert is consumed by his grief‚ and seeks guidance and aid from the community to raise his child: “I never looked
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