As the band-tail pigeon swung in over the gravel pit, I shouldered my Remington Wingmaster shotgun, swung my aim through the bird and fired. It folded and came down hard, and my Lab mix quickly ...

Band-tailed pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata) congregate at and use mineral sites (mineralized water or soil) throughout their range; however, information needed to interpret counts of pigeons at these ...

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Avian trichomonosis, a parasitic disease, has killed hundreds of native band-tailed pigeons in California, wildlife officials say. Krysta Rogers California Department of Fish and Wildlife Residents ...

DEAR JOAN: I live in the Eastmont Hills. Recently, I heard a loud scuffling noise coming from the second story deck at the back of my house. When I went to look, my deck was bedecked with a large ...

Captive band-tailed pigeons (Columba fasciata) were studied to document progression of molts and plumages from juvenal to adult age. Immature pigeons began the post-juvenal molt at 35 days which ...

Here in Marin, we have four kinds of doves and pigeons. Really, these are all members of the same family — “dove” and “pigeon” are not strictly scientific words and are applied without any perfectly ...

The Band-tailed pigeon is the largest member of the pigeons and doves family group. They are larger than the familiar rock pigeon aka city pigeon and their stocky grayish body has a unique purplish ...