The sound you hear when a mourning dove flies comes from special feathers on its wings. The noise is called “wing whistles,” and it occurs when air rushes through those feathers and causes them to vibrate. | Bird Feeder Hub

How to Speak Mourning Dove Mourning Doves don’t have a wide variety of calls but they do have a unique way of making them Their song is where they get their name from, because the eerie sound resembles someone in mourning This call is used by males to attract mates, and they tend to have a favorite cooing spot! But a mourning dove’s alarm call does not come from their beaks It actually comes from their wings These high pitched whistling sounds are created by the wings when they rapidly fly away,

Birdsy - A softly cooing, molting Mourning Dove. The...