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 ...

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There are roughly 1,000 mature blue-headed quail doves left in the wild, and according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, that number is still decreasing. On first inspection, the ...

Amid spring’s profusion of birdsong, one of the most iconic voices is that of the mourning dove. It’s a familiar sound, in which an opening note swells into a higher second syllable, then falls back ...

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 ...

Dove hunting kicks fall seasons off with a big bang. And while there is no better way to warm up for later bird seasons than with a hot dove shoot or two, dove hunting is well-worth pursuing in its ...

Michigan has two invasive birds, the mute swan and the Eurasian collared dove. One of them is described as “one of the world’s most aggressive waterfowl species” -- I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the ...

LA JUNTA, Colo. — A highly lethal virus that spreads easily in some birds is causing a significant die-off of an invasive dove species in the lower Arkansas River valley near La Junta and Rocky Ford, ...