Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
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Blue Bell is a census-designated place in Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,506.
Normandy Farmstead
Passenger pigeon
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The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", due to the migrat
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
…United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,506. Blue Bell was originally known as Pigeontown, after the large flocks of the now-extinct passenger pigeons that once gathered there. The town was renamed in 1840 after the historically prominent Blue Bell Inn. Blue Bell is known for its large executive-style…
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Earliest published illustration of the species (a male), Mark Catesby, 1731
Mounted male passenger pigeon, Field Museum of Natural History
Band-tailed pigeon, a species in the related genus Patagioenas