How to Use mourning dove in a Sentence

mourning dove

noun

• But over the years, he’s noticed that the call of the mourning dove has all but disappeared.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• Over George Washington’s head, the mourning dove’s glossy swirls ping against a matte sky.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
• 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
• The early goose season runs statewide for 15 days, while the teal season is open for nine and the mourning dove season continues through Nov. 29.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022
• In fact, one of the last living wild passenger pigeons was found roosting with mourning doves.
  — Matthew Every, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Some of the doves that would have been taken during the fall season remain in Texas; this is especially true of mourning doves, which are not as prone as their white-winged cousins to migrate south as temperatures chill.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
• However, a most exciting thing happened in my yard recently: A mama mourning dove has made her nest in the magnolia tree in my back patio.
  — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 5 Aug. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The oblivious mourning dove outweighs many rivals, but proves relatively peaceful.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021
• Wildlife experts estimate the state’s resident mourning dove population at around 25 million.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2021
• There are no reliable data on Los Angeles’ mourning dove population.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024