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 ...

Images of doves are everywhere this holiday season, symbols of peace that surely provide an urgent message for today's strife-torn world. As birds go, however, I can't say that doves are more ...

In a final gesture at the Vatican's annual "Caravan of Peace," Pope Francis watched with a wide smile as two children at his side released a pair of white doves from the window of the Apostolic ...

Mourning doves’ population is dropping, while white-wings are increasing their territory. Both species engage in wing raising to intimidate other birds eating at feeders. ( iStock ) Mourning ...

Though symbolizing peace, doves can be quite aggressive. By Rob Lee April 26, 2003. ... Mourning doves are the most commonly hunted game bird in the country, millions shot each year.

For instance, state parks receive financial support from the sale of special environment plates, which carry the image of the state bird, a cardinal, along with state prairie grass–big blue stem.

VATICAN CITY — Talk about your angry birds. A crow and a seagull attacked two white doves released by children standing next to Pope Francis on Sunday at St. Peter’s Square. The birds of prey ...

Come on birds, give peace a chance. Two white doves released by smiling children from a window above St. Peter’s Square were immediately attacked by other birds, turning Sunday services into an ...

According to the BBC, three blue-eyed ground dove chicks, one of the world's rarest bird species, have hatched at the Parque ...

VATICAN CITY – Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture have been attacked by other birds. As tens of thousands of people watched in St ...

I once was a bird hunter myself. But dove hunting seems ironic to me: Doves have long been symbols of peace, especially at Christmas, but they’re also the most-hunted game birds in Georgia and ...