How to Use mourning dove in a Sentence
mourning dove
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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.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The perch is a little too small for bigger birds like mourning doves, and my voracious flock of starlings is often cut off.
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Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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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.
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Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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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.
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Matt Wyatt,
Houston Chronicle,
23 Mar. 2026
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Previously, a 9-year-old boy shot a 48-year-old man in the arm while hunting mourning doves in September 2012.
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Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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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.
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Matt Wyatt,
Houston Chronicle,
26 Mar. 2026
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