The Passenger Pigeon in Minnesota

This map is compiled of newspaper sources reporting on the presence of passenger pigeons across the state from 1849 to 1900.

Each circle represents a reported sighting.

Click on the map to pan or zoom and click on a point to learn more!

The basemap, from the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota, 1874 by A.T. Andreas, courtesy of the Borchert Map Library at the University of Minnesota.