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 ...

Dec. 26—The Socorro dove may look unassuming. With a fluffy brown coat and pink feet, the dove species could be mistaken for an average city pigeon by the untrained eye. But the Mexican birds are ...

I mostly write about native birds, species that have existed in California since long before European settlement. However, there are also a few species of local birds that are not native to the New ...

Domestic pigeons have surprising cultural significance. They inspired Charles Darwin in his thinking about evolution, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...