How to Use mourning dove in a Sentence

mourning dove

noun

• Some of these, like the mourning dove, acted as non-learning controls.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2023
• Just be aware that scrub jays, mourning dove, towhees and lesser goldfinch also thrive on these large seeds, so don’t buy the small bags.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• Ground feeders like mourning doves or sparrows like to have some shrubbery or brush piles in the area as a source of shelter.
  — The Spruce, 5 July 2026
• In fact, one of the last living wild passenger pigeons was found roosting with mourning doves.
  — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
• Over George Washington’s head, the mourning dove’s glossy swirls ping against a matte sky.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
• The perch is a little too small for bigger birds like mourning doves, and my voracious flock of starlings is often cut off.
  — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
• 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
• That might also explain why the nest isn’t doing well, as mourning doves work in unison to care for the eggs and later, the hatchlings.
  — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
• Screening off the area, hanging out scary objects or enclosing the nest will likely deter the mourning doves from building a nest.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
• In 1998, Ohioans were asked to weigh in on whether mourning doves should be categorized as game birds and hunted.
  — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018
• Bill said, watching the distinctive outline of an airborne mourning dove appear amid the gathering light a few hundred yards distant.
  — Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
• The oblivious mourning dove outweighs many rivals, but proves relatively peaceful.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
• Home gardens may see nesting mourning dove, a covey of baby quail, or the miracle of tiny hummingbird chicks hatching from miniature eggs in a nest not much bigger than a large thimble.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
• The South Zone accounts for 45% of the state’s whitewing harvest and about one-third of the state’s mourning dove harvest despite being the smallest zone.
  — Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2026
• There are no reliable data on Los Angeles’ mourning dove population.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• Fitzsimmons says mourning dove numbers are slightly below the long-term average in the central and north zones, but the totals are up from the state’s last spring survey in 2019.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2021
• Previously, a 9-year-old boy shot a 48-year-old man in the arm while hunting mourning doves in September 2012.
  — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
• Wildlife experts estimate the state’s resident mourning dove population at around 25 million.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2021
• Michigan hunting groups want the state Department of Natural Resources to make mourning doves and sandhill cranes game species eligible for hunting.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2018
• Texas mourning dove hunters make up about one-third of the national total and typically account for about 33% of the national harvest on mourning doves and 90% of the whitewing total.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2020
• According to the Diamond Dove website, mourning doves who have successfully raised their young in a specific site typically return to the same site year after year.
  — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 12 May 2018
• That approval was given on a three-year experimental basis, so TPWD biologists will increase monitoring of mourning dove populations during that time to ensure the earlier opener isn’t causing harm.
  — Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026