Sound 1: Listen to the "Coo-o-o-ah, coo-o-o-coo-o-o-coo-o-o" of a Mourning Dove, recorded off Long Island, New York. [112kB] Sound Source: www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/doves.html
Sound 2: Hear the sound the Mourning Dove makes with its wings when in flight. [55kB] Sound Source: www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/doves.html
Mourning doves mate for life. They also breed five times a year and make a whistling sound in flight with their wings.
Ironic isn't it...the bird most hunted by bird hunters is the dove, the symbol of peace.
If you like pigeons, you are a "colombophile."
Queen Elizabeth II keeps about 200 pet pigeons.
"Rock Dove" is another name for that city pigeon you see in the park.
Pigeons can count.
A carrier pigeon can't fly wearing earmuffs.
Pigeon breeders mend cracked eggshells with cellophane tape.
Typical speed of a racing pigeon is a mile a minute.
You can't teach an mature pigeon to come back to you. If you want a homing pigeon, you have to buy a pair, keep them locked up and train the offspring to return to you.
Baby pigeons drink milk...produced by both the male and the female parents.
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