To start, some general information on the difference between pigeons and doves: there is none, at least not in...

If you haven’t noticed, there’s no shortage of articles about rosé wine this time of year. Whether their authors...

The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) is among the most abundant and widespread terrestrial birds endemic to North and Middle America. Their...

This morning I was out at Fort Tilden on the barrier beaches of Queens at first light, hoping to...

Doves tend to get a bad rap when it comes to birding. A lot of those anti-Columbidae tendencies probably...

The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon. Not, as Linneaus...

New Year’s Day 2014. With binoculars around my neck, I am leaving home, wondering which will be the first...

The Eurasian Collared-Dove, as Larry has already ably pointed out, has spread rapidly across North America since its release...