DEAR JOAN: A pair of cooing mourning doves are building their nest on our patio table. I love all our birds and am torn between cleaning it up and waiting for nature’s show. There is a big problem ...

“I had a mourning dove nesting in a pine tree in my backyard on April 1,” writes a Salisbury woman. “A few days later I noticed that the dove was gone and nothing was in the nest. What could have ...

I wanted to build a first-class home. Small enough to be cozy, but big enough to raise a family. I needed an ideal location, near a wooded area, with a natural supermarket nearby. And the design ...

DEAR JOAN: Your May 29 column about mourning doves has prompted me to share our own story about a mourning dove and her fruitless efforts to build a nest on our back patio. My husband had built a ...

DEAR JOAN: Over the last couple of months, the trees in my neighborhood have hosted large flocks — hundreds — of birds that somewhat resemble pigeons, but with smaller heads. An entire flock takes ...