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 ...

One of the doves nesting on the ledge of The Kansas City Public Library's central branch looks down on Broadway Boulevard on Friday, June 28, 2024. Librarians at the downtown branch named the pair of ...

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 ...

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, ...

I love watching my backyard bird feeder. This time of year I get most excited by all of those winter birds. The huge flocks of goldfinch with nary a gold-hued finch among them (they’re in their drab ...