title: Mourning Doves (Backyard Birds)
author:  Lisa J. Amstutz 
description: Lisa J. Amstutz is the author of more than 30 nonfiction books for children and many magazine and newspaper articles. Her background includes a B.A. in Biology and an M.S. in Environmental Science/Ecology. She loves sharing amazing facts about science and nature with kids.
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  A Dove at Midnight
  
  Rexanne Becnel
  
  ![](images/00007.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Dot and Al,
  
  who have so lovingly
  
  made me a part of their family
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [Prologue](index_split_004.html#filepos3640)
  
  [1](index_split_005.html#filepos16284)
  
  [2](index_split_006.html#filepos35218)
  
  [3](index_split_007.html#filepos83102)
  
  [4](index_split_008.html#filepos106431)
  
  [5](index_split_009.html#filepos130015)
  
  [6](index_split_010.html#filepos158898)
  
  [7](index_split_011.html#filepos186517)
  
  [8](index_split_012.html#filepos217290)
  
  [9](index_split_013.html#filepos254564)
  
  [10](index_split_014.html#filepos287284)
  
  [11](index_split_015.html#filepos317443)
  
  [12](index_split_016.html#filepos340307)
  
  [13](index_split_017.html#filepos370738)
  
  [14](index_split_018.html#filepos403937)
  
  [15](index_split_019.html#filepos435235)
  
  [16](index_split_020.html#filepos457974)
  
  [17](index_split_021.html#filepos493688)
  
  [18](index_split_022.html#filepos521895)
  
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