"Whistling wings" sound like cards being shuffled when the mourning dove is flushed from its resting position.
These ground feeders eat fallen seeds from feeders as well as left overs from crops and seeds from weeds. When they are sitting up on the wires or other high perches they are digesting their crops full of seed and grit.
The mourning doves flock together except in mating season.
After their young are hatched both parents secrete a high fat milk from their crops, for the first 3 days, to feed these young.
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