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The west-facing windows welcomed warm light into the kitchen, and the cooing of the mourning doves filled the silence.
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Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2025
The aunties begin to sing a typical Zambian spiritual in the minor key of a mourning dove.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
The crane-hunt proposal reminds some observers of Wisconsin’s torturous experience with approving a mourning dove hunt a generation ago.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2025
The large doves have moved north, forcing out the mourning doves and Inca doves in many Austin neighborhoods.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Mar. 2024
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Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2025
The aunties begin to sing a typical Zambian spiritual in the minor key of a mourning dove.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
The crane-hunt proposal reminds some observers of Wisconsin’s torturous experience with approving a mourning dove hunt a generation ago.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2025
The large doves have moved north, forcing out the mourning doves and Inca doves in many Austin neighborhoods.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Mourning dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mourning%20dove. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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