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FILTER RESULTS ►Games and Elephants and Tea
If women want to learn to play hard to get, they should watch the birds. Mourning doves and downy woodpeckers are real experts at the game. The doves basically ignore their proposed mates who prance and preen and are too, too persistent,while the woodpeckers lead theirs on an aerial ballet. Show More Summary
Michigan, Tennessee Lawmakers Subvert Democracy, Transparency
In 2006, Michigan voters rejected the legislature’s plan to allow the target shooting of mourning doves, with 69 percent casting ballots in favor of maintaining the state’s century-long standard of protecting these gentle songbirds. Every county in the state –...
Successful South Carolina Fall Dove Hunt Depends on Planning, Preparing Fields Now
Now is the time to begin the planning and preparation of fields to attract doves during the upcoming season. The mourning dove is one of the most popular game species in the Southeast, and fall dove shoots are a South Carolina tradition. Large numbers of doves will feed on waste grains and weed seeds in [...]Show More Summary
Pictures Galore!
So my last couple of posts have not had pictures in them. Bad! But that was only because, inspired by Corey, I’ve been working so hard on my photography skillz. See? Cooper’s Hawk plucks Mourning Dove More field marks Cleaning her beak Haha, just kidding, those are stills from a video my brother took, my [...]
Florida’s November Hunting Opportunities
November means the 2012-13 huntin’ season is in full swing. In this month’s column, I cover almost everything you need to know about general gun, fall turkey, quail, snipe and the second phase of mourning and white-winged dove season. The first thing you need to do is pick up a $17 Florida resident hunting license. [...]Show More Summary
Late Season Dove in Iowa
As tens of thousands of Iowa hunters gear up for pheasants and other upland game species, a handful are just wrapping up their dove season. This year marked Iowa’s second mourning dove season; with wildlife biologists encouraging hunters to get out in the first couple weeks of the season—the first half of September—for their best [...]Show More Summary
[Album Review] Stolen Babies ‘Naught’
I first learned about Stolen Babies a few months ago. Since then, I could’ve allowed myself to regret and mourn all the time that I hadn’t been listening to them. Rather than self-flagellating, I dove into their dark avant-garde world, as though I had purchased a ticket to some nightmarish carnival that tickled and teased [...]
Hunters Enjoy Opening Weekend of Iowa’s Second Dove Season
The threat of rain did not hold up hunters, heading into the field for Iowa’s 2012 mourning dove season, Saturday, September 1. Most of those 30,000 expected hunters learned that early is better, as they pursue the state’s newest game species. The migrating doves focus on food plots, as they move through Iowa. Most public [...]Show More Summary
North Carolina Wildlife Commission Reminds Hunters of New Dove Season Hours
Dove hunters can get an early start on their hunts this year because the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission set new hours for the 2012-13 season. The 2012-13 season for mourning and white-winged dove is Sept. 1 – Oct. 6; Nov. 19 – 24; and Dec. 15 – Jan. 11. Daily bag limit is 15 and [...]Show More Summary
Get Ready for Fall Hunting Seasons in New Mexico
The hunting season for mourning and white winged doves, dusky grouse, band-tailed pigeons and squirrels in most of New Mexico begins Sept. 1 in both North and South zones. All hunters need a Game Hunting license and a federal Harvest Information Program number. Hunters 18 and older need a Habitat Management and Access Stamp. The [...]Show More Summary
North Carolina Dove Hunting Requires Firearms Safety and Hunter Responsibility
The Home From The Hunt safety campaign of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission reminds everyone enjoying dove hunting to think before they pull the trigger this hunting season. The 2012-13 season for mourning and white-winged dove is Sept. 1 – Oct. 6; Nov. 19 – 24; and Dec. 15 – Jan. 11. Daily bag limit [...]Show More Summary
Seasons Set for Dove, Rail, Snipe and Woodcock in West Virginia
West Virginia’s 2012-2103 hunting season dates and bag limits for mourning dove, American woodcock, common snipe and Sora and Virginia rails have been established, according to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR). These seasons are set within guidelines established annually by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Species Dates Daily Limit Possession Limit [...]Show More Summary
Managed Fields Excellent for September 1 Dove Opener in Kansas
Many hunters view Sept. 1 as the opening of hunting season, with dove season beginning on that day. It’s been a blistering hot, dry summer, but mourning doves seem to thrive in hot, dry weather, and Kansas hunters should have no problem finding this acrobat game bird when the season opens. Hitting them may be [...]Show More Summary
My Mourning Dove Survey 2012
On May 31, I conducted my annual Mourning Dove Survey for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency keeps track of the most heavily hunted bird species in America by sending out a network of volunteers who each conduct one or more...Show More Summary
Spring Count
I had a great time birding on Saturday morning for the Spring count. My list for the day, from just before sunrise to about 2 PM. 60 species Wild Turkey 4 Turkey Vulture 7 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Chuck-will’s-widow 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy [...]
A Short Story About Persistence
I knew something was wrong when I saw the feathers on the ground. For the last several years, a mourning dove has occupied a nest under an eave by our front window. My wife and I enjoyed watching the cute mama bird produce two to three broods every spring. Show More Summary
Tanzanian Starlings, Shrikes, and Weavers (Part 3)
WONDERFUL WEAVERS There are many different Weavers in the world and as far as I can tell they share the skill of masterful nest building… unlike the shabby unstable creations of, say, Mourning Doves. By the way, I’ve tried to ID everyone appropriately but if you have any corrections please say so in the comments. [...] a
Reconsideration Requests: The True Turtle Dove
It’s the second day of SEO, which means it’s time to talk about turtle doves. Not the bird, the symbol! turtle doves represent sacrifice and mourning, something we see a lot of in the SEO industry (or we’re just really vocal complainers). And, in the world of the SEO, we know no greater sacrifice than [...]
Mourning Dove Dance Lessons
I was amused watching the Mourning Doves walk along the paved sidewalk leaving their footprints in the snow. We also watched flock after flock of Tundra Swans leave and land.
Opening Day Success During Iowa’s Inaugural Dove Season
Four hunters. Four limits of doves. Not uncommon Thursday, on Opening Day of Iowa’s first mourning dove season. “Mostly passing shots to begin with; some coming at me, some going away; anywhere from 10 to 40 yards,” assessed Matt Prachar of Wheatland, after walking out of a cut sunflower field on the state Hawkeye Wildlife [...]Show More Summary
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