- Georgie describes some of the habits of wild pigeons and lists the times she's seen them that year: in February, in March, and in April, when they finally nested five miles west of Placid.
- Georgie remembers that on February 28, winter finally seemed to be ending, so everyone was excited, including Agatha and Georgie.
- Because they were too hyper to be any help in the store, Ma agreed to let them off work.
- They decided to track the pigeons, so Agatha took a sketchbook and Georgie got her rifle, which Agatha was not happy about.
- As they walked, Georgie realized they were heading for the McCabes'. Georgie recalls how Agatha and Billy have been an off-and-on item for about four years.
- Georgie got mad at Agatha for wanting to see Billy and ran off, upset to think how Billy would take Agatha away to Minnesota.
- She shot a large male pigeon, getting blood all over her coat.
- She returned to find Agatha alone, waiting for her. Agatha gave her a hard time about the coat, and they tried to clean it.
- Georgie asked Agatha what was up with her and Billy, but Agatha wouldn't answer and they got in a fight.
- At home, Georgie got more grief from Ma about her messy clothes and coat, but Grandfather Bolte was impressed that she got the pigeon with one shot.
- On a totally unrelated note, Grandfather Bolte decided to go order some barrels and other supplies for pigeoners.
- It seemed like a gamble at the time, but he ended up making a ton of cash because there were so many pigeons that year.