SINGAPORE, June 24 (Reuters) - Just after dawn in Singapore, about 150 black-and-white striped zebra doves were hoisted in their cages on to tall poles in a large field for a singing competition. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mourning doves, found throughout the continental U.S., are prolific breeders, raising up to six broods a year. Their diet consists almost entirely of seeds, consuming up to 20% of their body weight ...

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 ...

HAWLEY, Minn. - Chuck Halbakken whistled and put out his hand. The pair of snow-white doves strutted forward, cooing all the while. Halbakken's face broke into a big grin as one of the bird hopped ...

When it comes to mourning doves, the world agrees with my usual instinct: the most essential thing to do is listen. And what almost everyone seems to hear in their namesake voice is melancholy and ...

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 ...