Birds & Blooms readers say that a mourning dove’s soft cooing sound is comforting and calming. “I find mourning doves to be ...

With their plump, brownish-gray bodies and long, pointy tails, mourning doves are common sights across Georgia. Their name comes from their doleful, sorrowful cooing song, which is usually made by ...

Down in a shady walk, Doves cooing were; I mark'd the cruel hawk, Caught in a snare: So kind may Fortune be, Such make his destiny! He who would injure thee, Phillis the fair.