Eurasian collared-doves arrived in Marin in 2006 and have quickly become common neighborhood birds. (Photo by Allan Hack) Our last member of the family is the band-tailed pigeon, our native forest ...

The collared dove is larger, lighter in color, with a distinctive black collar. In the early 19th century the collared-dove was confined to subtropical Asia. The population had spread to England ...

Although recent news indicates bird numbers across the U.S. have taken a dramatic drop over the past 50 years, one newcomer is on the rise throughout much of the country. Collared doves invaded ...

Since their introduction into Florida, Eurasian collared-doves have spread rapidly throughout much of the U.S., especially in open agricultural areas and urban/suburban tracts with lots of bird ...

An introduced species to North America, the Eurasian Collared-Dove established a beach head in Florida in the 1970s. From there, they began an era of westward expansion, similar to human ...

The Eurasian collared dove is considered a pest in agricultural areas, but at least they’re not attacking boaters every year. More information on both of these birds is available below. Mute swan ...

In one of the most amazing invasive bird colonizations in modern history, Eurasian collared doves have flown north and west from Florida since the 1980s to populate new territory — ...

A pair of Eurasian collared doves have been visiting my back yard bird feeding area this winter. They’re technically an alien invasive specie that appears to be increasing in number every year.

Nonnative Eurasian collared doves are sometimes confused with mourning doves. If you spot a thick black band on the collar, it’s a collared dove. The invasive birds are also heftier than ...

MONTEREY, Calif. — Looking for doves in all the wrong places? That’s what rescuers from the Monterey County, Calif., SPCA have been called on to do all too often lately. If it’s out on its ...

There is a Ukrainian folk tale about a little girl who, on the first cold morning of winter, found a nearly frozen dove huddling in snow. She took it indoors to warm and feed.