The main culprits in this gluttonous devouring of the Vaughn family bird buffet are the mourning doves (Zenaida macroura).

Mourning doves have a unique mix of brown and gray colors with black spots on their wings and pointed feathers on their tails. They are highly adaptable and can be found in urban, suburban, and rural ...

Mourning doves, found throughout the continental U.S., are prolific breeders, raising up to six broods a year. Their diet consists almost entirely of seeds, consuming up to 20% of their body weight ...

Mourning doves can hold a whopping 17,000 seeds in their crop, and can gather this number in a single foraging session. These little birds might not be useful as pest controllers, but they do a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Mourning doves bring calm, soft coos, and gentle movement to the garden. They also help by cleaning up ...

As I gaze at the bird feeders outside my living room window in Decatur, three mourning doves swoop in. Two of them land beneath the feeders and start pecking at seeds that have spilled onto the ground ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hayleigh Haid/Getty Images Mourning doves have a unique mix of brown and gray colors with black spots on their wings and pointed ...