COIMBATORE: An uncommon partially white small pigeon called laughing dove has been spotted in the Nagamalai hillock forest near Nambiyur in Erode. Its finding was documented by two birders, Shajan and ...

Everyone onboard survived. Dove’s work was just beginning. A forensic ornithologist, she heads the Smithsonian Institution’s Feather Identification Lab, an elite, five-person unit that’s the only full ...

A keen eye and extensive knowledge of feathers allows forensic ornithologist Carla Dove (yes, that's her name) figure out from feather and bone fragments which type of bird crashed into a plane or ...

Carla Dove (right) and her team at the Smithsonian Institution’s Feather Identification Lab. Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Collisions between birds and airplanes can result in a range of damage, the ...

This story is a selection from the June/July issue of Air & Space magazine Carla J. Dove is the manager of the Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of ...

You'll be amazed at how fast a pair of mourning doves builds a nest! Learn when (and where) you might spot a mourning dove nest in your yard.

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Dove and her team eventually referred back to the Roxie method for help, particularly step three—examining feather microstructure. They focused on a single, microscopic piece of feather that ...

The Dove Bird Personality and Behaviors Doves spend most of their time foraging for food, preening their feathers, and bathing themselves in water, dust, and sunlight.

Mourning doves have soft feathers that they can shed when they are frightened. Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS Do you feel bad for the bird? Streby: A little. At least it went quickly.

One dove managed to break free from the sea gull, losing a few feathers in the brawl. The crow had a better grip on the other dove, pecking the bird repeatedly. In the end, both doves got away ...