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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A native California species is dying off across the state, and a parasitic disease is to blame. A native California species is dying off across the state, and a parasitic disease is to blame. Since ...

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 ...

In the spring of 1964 weights of 386 adult band-tailed pigeons (Columba fasciata) and 10 juveniles were obtained at the Humboldt State College campus, Arcata, California. The average weights of adults ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTXL) — Reports of at least 200 sick or ...

Since the beginning of February, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and other animal rehabilitation organizations have seen an increase in sick or dead band-tailed pigeons within the ...