Hunters across the state are finding their bird bags are a wee bit heavier this dove season as an increasing number of Eurasian Collared doves are offering some restriction-free shooting opportunities ...

A fairly recent arrival to North America, this large pale dove can now be found across the United States. It flaps on broad wings, and often soars briefly, with wings extended slightly above ...

Over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, the Eurasian collared-dove was documented in Vermont for the first time. Homeowners in Norwich near the Connecticut River in central Vermont noticed a large pale ...

Coming soon to a feeder near you: the exotic Eurasian collared-dove. In fact, it may already be there. Ten of them were recorded in San Francisco on the last Audubon Christmas Bird Count. They're well ...

Answer: To hunt Eurasian collared-doves, you need a license and an upland game bird validation (formerly known as a “stamp”). You don’t need tags. Hunting season for most species of dove is Sept. 1 ...

Tourist season is upon us again. On May 28, Maine hosted a visit by a Eurasian collared dove. This bird showed up at a feeder in Falmouth. It represents the first record of the species in the state of ...

As I passed the kitchen window the other day, I glanced at our bird feeder. I was startled to see a pair of birds slightly larger than the normal visitors. I reached for the binoculars and beckoned to ...

Colorado is in the throes of yet another Eurasian invasion. Long ago, it was the Russian thistle, a Eurasian transplant more popularly known as the tumbleweed, which rolled into the Western United ...

This week's bird mystery is the opposite of the one presented here last week. Last week, we had a bird that was seen and not heard; this week, we have a bird that was heard but not seen. The sound was ...

If you’re not careful, you’ll use up a whole summer eating barbecue, drinking beer, and fishing. Too much of that stuff will soften your shotgun swing as much as your belly. Next thing you know, it’ll ...

Back in 1974 a local pigeon fancier imported a flock of about 50 Eurasian collared doves to the Bahamas. Ultimately he released the birds, and they took to life in the West Indies. By the late 1970s ...