Mourning doves’ population is dropping, while white-wings are increasing their territory. Both species engage in wing raising to intimidate other birds eating at feeders. ( iStock ) Mourning ...

HAMLIN, Texas -- It was well after daylight on Sept. 1 when the white-winged doves began flying. The sky was a brilliant West Texas blue. The waves of birds descending on the sunflower seeds ...

While there may be some localized blue-winged teal around during summer, our area sees bigger numbers in migration. Waterfowl are a large group of birds well adapted to a wet lifestyle and include ...

Flocks of these doves, with large white wing patches, and short square-ended tails, are a common sight in summer in many areas near the Mexican border. Polytypic. Length 11". A little larger than ...

Female and immature cinnamon teal are notoriously difficult to distinguish from blue-winged teal, says the All about Birds webpage produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Cinnamon teal are ...

Doves love birdseed. But they don't fit too well on tube bird feeders because the perches are too narrow. So I scatter seed on the ground for them, and at times I'll have eight white-winged doves ...

They’re one of North America's most common types of doves, second only to rock doves. White-winged doves. Their scientific name is Zenaida asiatica. ... Blue rings around their eyes; ...

White-winged dove, large, chunky, sandy-colored, rounded tail, white band bisecting each wing. Eurasian collared-dove, slightly larger than mourning dove, sandy-gray, black half collar on back of ...

That season opens Sept. 10. And, thanks to what appears to be an earlier-than-usual build-up of teal on the birds' preferred resting/recharging area on Texas' coastal plains and the unusually lush ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Hunters who are gearing up for Kansas dove season, which runs from Sept. 1 through Nov. 29, have a new mapping tool they can use this year.

The bluewing hen (left) has blue wing patches but lacks the white crescent on the head of the drake. stuckreed / Adobe Stock. Bluewing teal nest in grass near water.

The dove, with a distinctive white band on its wings and ring of blue around its eyes, is drawing birders to Gardiner for a rare spring sighting. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers.