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 ...

The cultural stories attached to the turtle dove are so complicated, so varied, that you could well imagine them framing one ...

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 ...

How do you look for an animal you don’t even know exists anymore? The last sighting of the purple-winged ground dove (Paraclaravis geoffroyi) — a small, bamboo-loving dove native to the South American ...

Mourning doves are found throughout much of North America, but there is nothing common about these graceful birds. Here are ...

Earlier this week, while stopping at a country store in Monroe County to buy some snacks, I ran into an old acquaintance decked out in well-worn, camouflage hunting clothes. “Going deer hunting?” I ...

It is, according to the familiar Christmas carol, of particular significance on the second day of Christmas. But a new study shows that the turtle dove is verging on extinction in the UK following a ...

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, ...