Earlier this week, while stopping at a country store in Monroe County to buy some snacks, I ran into an old acquaintance decked out in well-worn, camouflage hunting clothes. “Going deer hunting?” I ...

When thinking of a dove, one typically pictures a small white bird. This bird is actually a Release Dove and is bred for the albinism that creates the white color that occurs rarely in nature. Doves ...

Doves have a long connection with the winter holiday season. Along with the Magi that brought gifts to the Holy Family at the first Nativity scene, there were shepherds who brought gifts of fruit, ...

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 falls back ...