Mourning doves are numerous and suffer the misfortune 
of being the most hunted species in North America.
 
When she softly coos as if full of sorrow,  
who consoles the mourning dove?
When her haunting cries descend,
each woeful note so full of muted grief,
how is her muffled melancholy met?
Who can soothe and ease her doleful tones?
A second dove, she herself bereft,
echoes back her sad lament 
and in concert they find comfort,
and are perhaps, content.