Pressed into action by hunters in 35 states, the House passed a resolution Wednesday urging President Bush to open hunting season on mourning doves a week earlier than its current Sept. 1 date ...

Mourning doves are a welcome sight to any garden. If you don't see them, there may be a good reason. Learn how to attract ...

ST. PAUL - The cooing of mourning doves soon may be interspersed with the booming of shotguns. The Minnesota House Monday voted 78-49 to establish a dove hunting season backers say would help ...

Mourning doves are the most common game bird in the U.S., a recent fall population estimated at 350 million. Hunting is said to harvest about 15% of that number.

Mourning doves are found in a wide variety of places but avoid unbroken forests. Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis – Indiana’s state bird shares the same title in at least six other states.

DEAR JOAN: Your May 29 column about mourning doves has prompted me to share our own story about a mourning dove and her fruitless efforts to build a nest on our back patio. My husband had built a ...

Mourning doves, by the way, were named for the mournful call they make. DEAR JOAN: I saw an amazing bird show yesterday in our backyard.

This bird was building a nest on the top of my wreath and I knew it was a mourning dove (Aeneida madroura). This was a new experience as I have had house finches nest in my wreath in past years.