They may be ordinary in appearance, but Mourning Doves have, arguably, among the most entrancing and haunting calls of all American birds. The male’s repeated “ah-ooh! whoo, whoo, whoo” is the first ...

When it comes to mourning doves, the world agrees with my usual instinct: the most essential thing to do is listen. And what almost everyone seems to hear in their namesake voice is melancholy and ...

Recently, our backyard revealed a “puddle” of feathers about a yard across. Best guess is that a hawk had caught and killed a mourning dove, and then proceeded to pluck feathers before flying away ...

How Long Do Mourning Doves Live? The peaceful “co-ah, coo, coo, coo” call of the mourning dove is familiar to many of us — and for good reason. With upwards of 350 million doves in the U.S., mourning ...

I have a love-hate attitude about white-winged doves in my yard. I hate the burly doves for perching on bird feeders to the detriment of smaller songbirds. And I loathe the way they displaced dainty, ...