The coo was like the voice of my L.A. childhood. Hearing the mourning dove again was a revelation, but with it came a realization: I’d not listened to one in many years. It is the sound of do-nothing ...

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 voice of the mourning dove has been misapplied. It is associated with grief, yet it is a sound of comfort, signaling both springtime and morning, both of which are times of anticipation. Perhaps ...

If you live anywhere in the city, you've probably been serenaded this summer by the endless love song of the Eurasian collared dove. Slightly larger and exponentially more aggressive than the ...

Although its name would imply that the mourning dove is sorrowful, it is not necessarily a sad bird. It is named because of its mournful cooing. The call, “coo-OO-oo-oo-oo,” is something you’ve ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Missouri Department of Conservation is banding mourning doves in preparation for hunting season this fall. As the sun rises, ...