The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is common and widely recognized across Kentucky, known for its speed on the wing, beautiful plumage and unique vocalization, a low mournful coo-ah, coo-ah, coo, ...

If you passed by the store the past few days, you may have seen a crowd of people outside. No, they were not in line for a sale. They were looking for, or looking at, a rare bird at the store feeders.

The mourning dove is one of the most abundant species in North America, found in Canada, all of the lower 48 states, well into Mexico. It is a widely hunted gamebird, although welcomed as a songbird ...

With the arrival of snow, we can expect to see some of the most common local birds at our feeders. The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is as elegant as it is common. A little larger than the average ...

As I gaze at the bird feeders outside my living room window in Decatur, three mourning doves swoop in. Two of them land beneath the feeders and start pecking at seeds that have spilled onto the ground ...

Here in Marin, we have four kinds of doves and pigeons. Really, these are all members of the same family — “dove” and “pigeon” are not strictly scientific words and are applied without any perfectly ...

DEAR JOAN: I’ve noticed a young mourning dove on the ground near our front yard garden bench. It will walk around and peck at seeds, staying in about an area of 16 square feet. Mostly it just nests on ...

This is the second piece on the most common species visiting bird feeders in Idaho last winter, according to Project FeederWatch. This list is built on participating feeder watchers all over Idaho, so ...