I mostly write about native birds, species that have existed in California since long before European settlement. However, there are also a few species of local birds that are not native to the New ...

Although recent news indicates bird numbers across the U.S. have taken a dramatic drop over the past 50 years, one newcomer is on the rise throughout much of the country. Collared doves invaded the ...

An introduced species to North America, the Eurasian Collared-Dove established a beach head in Florida in the 1970s. From there, they began an era of westward expansion, similar to human pioneers in ...

A Durango writer meditates on the idea that killing invasive species—like the Eurasian collared dove—might simply be shooting the messenger. The bird is striking: creamy gray body, square-tipped tail ...

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 ...

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Q: A pair of ringed turtle doves appeared in our driveway the last week in May and we're now seeing them come to the feeders. Is this an unusual sighting or are they moving into our area like the ...

Some unexpected visitors just flew in from the East Coast, and boy, are their wings tired. Actually, the Eurasian collared dove has been cropping up in Oregon since 1998 or '99 and, according to local ...

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 ...