Hunters across the state are finding their bird bags are a wee bit heavier this dove season as an increasing number of Eurasian Collared doves are offering some restriction-free shooting opportunities ...

A fairly recent arrival to North America, this large pale dove can now be found across the United States. It flaps on broad wings, and often soars briefly, with wings extended slightly above ...

Michigan has two invasive birds, the mute swan and the Eurasian collared dove. One of them is described as “one of the world’s most aggressive waterfowl species” -- I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the ...

Many Ohio bird-watchers have been traveling to western Ohio to see the Eurasian collared dove for the first time. On July 8, I met Pat McCarthy of the Darke County Birders in West Manchester (Preble ...

Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto, sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian collared-dove or known simply as the collared dove, photographed in San Dimas, Los Angeles county, southern California, ...

Over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, the Eurasian collared-dove was documented in Vermont for the first time. Homeowners in Norwich near the Connecticut River in central Vermont noticed a large pale ...

Answer: To hunt Eurasian collared-doves, you need a license and an upland game bird validation (formerly known as a “stamp”). You don’t need tags. Hunting season for most species of dove is Sept. 1 ...

It’s an annoying sound, described as a screech, a hiss or a nasally shriek. And it’s being heard much more often these days from the backyards of Denver to the pasture lands around Cortez. It is the ...

As I passed the kitchen window the other day, I glanced at our bird feeder. I was startled to see a pair of birds slightly larger than the normal visitors. I reached for the binoculars and beckoned to ...

Q: We've never had collared doves before and now there two pairs of them eating at our feeders. Is this breed of dove becoming more prevalent in Minnesota? Our field guide shows them in Florida. A: ...

I mostly write about native birds, species that have existed in California since long before European settlement. However, there are also a few species of local birds that are not native to the New ...

This week's bird mystery is the opposite of the one presented here last week. Last week, we had a bird that was seen and not heard; this week, we have a bird that was heard but not seen. The sound was ...