Dig, if you will, a picture of a late-summer afternoon as the sun is moving from scorching hot to almost tolerable. A cut-over grain field lays sheared in strips accentuated with round bales of hay ...

Not all birds fly south for the winter. Surprisingly, there are many familiar birds that stay in our area for the winter, ...

GODFREY — For as many meanings as doves symbolize, they also are inspirational for as many occasions. White doves are used in many settings as symbols of peace, freedom, love, or as messengers. Doves ...

Huge crowds turned out in Hiroshima Saturday on the anniversary of America’s nuclear attack in World War II. A bell rang at 8:15 a.m., exactly 60 years after the bombing, and 1,000 doves were released ...

The dove season begins Monday. Since that's a holiday, you can expect a lot more hunters in the field than you have seen the past couple of years. While that will make some areas crowded, the ...

For wingshooters, the dove opener is a kick-off to what we hope will be a fall full of rooster flushes, covey rises, and greenheads dangling over the decoys. It’s also some of the toughest shooting ...

One of Paula Murphy's doves loves gospel music. Normally sedate, the pure white bird known as "Big Mama" dances and tries to sing, poking her head out of the cage when she hears her favorite music ...

Hunters who ignore their shotguns before dove season are about to be humbled. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the average hunter kills one dove per three shots. That means it takes ...