The voice of the mourning dove has been misapplied. It is associated with grief, yet it is a sound of comfort, signaling both springtime and morning, both of which are times of anticipation. Perhaps ...

A: Mourning doves make several sounds. One is their wings make a whistling sound because of the vibration of the tips of their flight feathers when they take off. Also, the coo sound when in flight.

The coo was like the voice of my L.A. childhood. Hearing the mourning dove again was a revelation, but with it came a realization: I’d not listened to one in many years. It is the sound of do-nothing ...