When I sit outside in my backyard, I often hear the distinctive calls of the mourning dove. If you hear them as often as I do, you might be wondering about a mourning dove's meaning. What is the ...

Columbidae – and the names “pigeon” and “dove” have little relevance. Those we call “pigeons” are generally larger than those ...

The voice of the mourning dove has been misapplied. It is associated with grief, yet it is a sound of comfort, signaling both springtime and morning, both of which are times of anticipation. Perhaps ...

The longer I watch mourning doves, the more I wonder. How do these birds that appear to be so dimwitted persist in such great numbers? There are hundreds of millions of them. Let's see if we can ...

What Do Mourning Dove Eggs Look Like? A female adult mourning dove lays two plain, white, nondescript eggs per clutch. The parents may go on to have up to five or six broods of baby mourning doves in ...

Wildlife Society Bulletin (2011-), Vol. 46, No. 4, Climate Adaptation Actions Machine Learning for Camera Traps Crippling Loss in Waterfowl (September 2022), pp. 1-16 (16 pages) Mourning dove (Zenaida ...