The mourning dove is found throughout the US and numbers about 350M individuals. About 400,000 make Maryland their home for at least part of the year.

Mourning doves are one of the most beloved backyard birds. Their signature cooing means they’re often heard before they’re seen. When they are discovered, it’s usually while hunting for food ...

If I had to choose only one bird song to hear for the rest of my life, the coo of the mourning dove would be my choice. All three of my bird field guides describe the voice of the mourning dove as ...

Aug. 28—AUSTIN — A rainy spring and early summer led to a good nesting season through most of the state and near record high populations of mourning and white-wing doves across large portions ...

Texas accounts for 30 percent of the total mourning doves and 85 percent of the total white-winged doves harvested in the U.S. each year, far more than any other state.

Texas dove hunting season begins Sept. 1 in the North and Central zones and Sept. 14 in the South Zone. Mourning and white-winged dove numbers are high.

Mourning doves were named for their mournful cooing, and their scientific name, Zenaida macroura, was given them by Charles Bonaparte, a French zoologist who in 1838 named the dove in honor of his ...

Texas hunters’ hopes are on the rise, just like the state’s mourning dove population. Across the board, from the Trans-Pecos to the Piney Woods, mourning dove numbers jumped from the previous ...

Mourning doves live on an average of 1 1/2 years in the wild, but according to the University of Michigan, one lived an amazingly 19.3 years. Swift in flight, ...

But, I also have big flocks of mourning doves, and even though I know they overwinter up here, they just don’t have that winter vibe. They seem too mellow for our New England winters. I grew up ...