If homeowners spot sick or dead doves on their property, TPWD recommends discontinuing the use of bird feeders or bird baths until the affected birds are gone from the area. As a general best-practice ...

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 ...

With the arrival of snow, we can expect to see some of the most common local birds at our feeders. The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is as elegant as it is common. A little larger than the average ...

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 ...

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 first noticed the large gathering of mourning doves under our bird feeder earlier this winter. We frequently see a pair year-round, but this winter we were visited by a flock of more than 15 for the ...

Q: Suddenly, we have mourning doves, not many, four or five in a small flock feeding on seed that falls to the ground and after it snows. I toss a little out for them that they eat if the squirrels ...