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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here in Marin, we have four kinds of doves and pigeons. Really, these are all members of the same family — “dove” and “pigeon” are not strictly scientific words and are applied without any perfectly ...

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 ...

Early in September, Rudy Darling confirmed the first Nevada County record of a Eurasian Collared-Dove near the western Nevada County-Yuba County border. Rudy Darling is the Nevada County compiler for ...

Coming soon to a feeder near you: the exotic Eurasian collared-dove. In fact, it may already be there. Ten of them were recorded in San Francisco on the last Audubon Christmas Bird Count. They're well ...

Although recent news indicates bird numbers across the U.S. have taken a dramatic drop over the past 50 years, one newcomer is on the rise throughout much of the country. Collared doves invaded 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 ...

For the past couple of years, dove hunters have reported seeing a bird that resembles a mourning dove but is bigger and lighter in color. Some have seen the bird on the wing and chosen not to shoot, ...

The lockdown at Oakland University has been lifted for most of the campus except for Van Wagoner Hall following a stabbing incident involving two suspects. Morning 4: Oakland University stabbing ...