Residing with the White-wing and mourning dove is the White-tipped dove. This plump dove is slightly larger than a White-wing, with a grayish-brown back and pale underparts.

For the third straight year, there will be six Special White-Winged Dove Days and hunters should be aware of the changes in date this year: Sunday, Sept. 1 – Monday, Sept. 2 ...

Spring surveys conducted by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff found an estimated 28.3 million mourning doves in Texas, a 44 percent increase from 2022. White-wing dove populations ...

• Semitropical white-winged doves are big-bodied, sandy-colored birds with squared-off tails and white bands bisecting each wing. • They have red legs and orange eyes encircled by bare, blue skin.

"Dove on the ground, below the feeder," called Brenneman, pushing on his camera with an enormous lens. West moved to his telescope. Stutzman raised her binoculars. "I don't see it," West said.