There is a Ukrainian folk tale about a little girl who, on the first cold morning of winter, found a nearly frozen dove huddling in snow. She took it indoors to warm and feed. Later she went back ...

Those “doves” released at weddings aren’t doves at all, but white racing homing pigeons. Pigeons and doves belong to the same family, say those who raise birds in the Top of Utah. Homing pigeons are ...

Living in an urban apartment complex, you learn to appreciate the sparse wildlife around you. Lately, I’ve taken notice of the local pigeons and doves. The more attention you grant ...

High above the North Sea, on English cliffs weathered by surf and salt wind, nests a wild, free bird called the rock dove. High atop the nearest American statue, perched on Andrew Jackson’s drawn ...

Here in Marin, we have four kinds of doves and pigeons. Really, these are all members of the same family — “dove” and “pigeon” are not strictly scientific words and are applied without any perfectly ...

The pigeons which perch on window ledges and line roof ridges of downtown buildings are the subject of many opinions by the humans with whom they share their environment. Many of those opinions are ...