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 ...

There is a Ukrainian folk tale about a little girl who, on the first cold morning of winter, found a nearly frozen dove huddling in snow. She took it indoors to warm and feed. Later she went back ...

About 20 years ago, keen observers of birds and wildlife noticed a new species of dove in West Alabama. The Eurasian collared dove is now a common sight throughout much of the state. Now there may be ...

The mourning dove is a familiar summer bird that is so common it is almost ubiquitous – but not quite. The dove is an “edge” species. It likes a mix of dense cover and open space, exactly the kind of ...