U.S. Assessment Estimates 329 Million Mourning Doves
A federal assessment estimates about 329 million mourning doves in the United States. The western abundance estimate fell…
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Texas Will Open South-Zone Mourning-Dove Season on September 1 for First Time in Over a Century
For the first time in more than a century, Texas will open mourning-dove hunting in its South Zone…
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Mourning Dove Abundance in Pennsylvania Was Linked to Both West Nile Virus and Heat
Across 101 Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Survey routes, mourning dove was one of six species with abundance effects associated…
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Ulnar and Cardiac Blood Samples Differed in Uric Acid but Not Glucose in Mourning Doves
Paired blood samples from 13 wild-caught mourning doves showed similar glucose concentrations between ulnar-vein and post-euthanasia cardiac samples,…
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Mourning-dove egg survival was much lower in rural Kansas than in urban and managed areas
A Kansas dissertation estimated egg-stage survival at 28% in rural landscapes, compared with 76% in urban areas and…
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White-Winged Dove Had an Estimated Mean Density of 744 Birds per km² Along the Sinaloa River
A 2026 study along the Sinaloa River estimated a mean density of 744.03 white-winged doves per km². Density…
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