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 ...
Flocks of these doves, with large white wing patches, and short square-ended tails, are a common sight in summer in many areas near the Mexican border. Polytypic. Length 11". A little larger than ...
No more than two mourning doves and two white-tipped doves can be part of the 15-bird daily bag during the special whitewing days. Outside of the special white-winged dove days, the statewide ...
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 ...