The mourning dove is considered by many to be a sign of hope, love and freedom. Doves are also a universal symbol of peace and often associated with the holiday season.

The mourning dove is a prolific and repeated breeder. In some areas, a pair will raise six broods, always of two young each, during a single breeding season from February to November.

Esther Yee of Fremont photographed this mourning dove mother and her two babies nesting in the coat rack in our back yard which is under a canopy. "I check on the family every morning. I can walk ...

If you feed the birds at this time of year, you probably recognize the ground-feeding mourning doves. They eat grain and seeds of weeds and grasses almost exclusively, and in our backyard, they are… ...

Mourning doves are one of seven species of doves in our area. The others are the white-winged dove, the white-tipped dove, the erasian collared, the rock dove (pigeon), the band-tailed pigeon, the ...

A mourning dove perches in a holly tree. After Post columnist John Kelly confessed he wasn't fond of the birds, many readers professed their affection. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective ...

Mourning doves are common breeding birds in the region. Bodies are sleek and about 12 inches. They are not so colorful, they tend to be a brownish-gray color.

Submitted photo Submitted photo The above wildlife photos of a mourning dove mother and its two chicks and a young fawn in the grass were submitted by reader Daniel Votra of Weedsport. Votra told ...

Rewind to 1980 when nearly 25,000 hunters took about 107,000 birds. The highest mourning dove harvest is in Texas, where more than a quarter million hunters harvest nearly 4.5 million birds.