enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Mourning dove - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_dove

    The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, the chueybird, colloquially as the turtle dove, and it was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Carolina turtledove. [2] It is one of the most abundant and widespread North American birds and a popular gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years ...

  3. Ring-necked dove - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-necked_dove

    A raspy, snarling "kooorr", or "knarrrrrr", call is often given when it alights on a perch, [2] arrives at an incubating mate or chases another dove away. [6] Ring-necked doves roost in treetops during the night and forage for food on the ground by day. Peak foraging times are early morning and late afternoon, [6] and they drink mainly in the ...

  4. List of animal sounds - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_sounds

    Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .

  5. Streptopelia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptopelia

    The genus divides into two groups, the collared dove group (11 species) with uniform upperparts and a black half-collar edged with white, and the turtle dove group (4 species) with patterned upperparts and a barred side panel on the neck. They range in size from the 20–23 cm red collared dove to the 33–35 cm oriental turtle dove.

  6. European turtle dove - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_turtle_dove

    The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a threatened or vulnerable member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa to winter.

  7. From turtle doves to lords-a-leaping, the price of the ‘12 ...

    www.aol.com/turtle-doves-lords-leaping-price...

    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... But the pair of turtle doves saw the biggest jump, at 25%, an ...

  8. Fare Thee Well (song) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fare_Thee_Well_(song)

    "Fare Thee Well" (also known as "The Turtle Dove" or "10,000 Miles") is an 18th-century English folk ballad, listed as number 422 in the Roud Folk Song Index.In the song, a lover bids farewell before setting off on a journey, and the lyrics include a dialogue between the lovers.

  9. Turtle dove numbers plummet 98% to just 2,100 pairs ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/turtle-dove-numbers-plummet-98...

    But conservationists say measures are in place to boost habitat and curb hunting of the highly threatened birds.