31 Jan Activity | Jan 2026

Activity at Your Local Park

Eurasian Collared-Dove

There’s activity at your local park.

Most of us would enjoy visiting a wildlife refuge, going on a safari, or exploring an exotic wilderness.

But often these are far away. And they involve expensive travel.

Instead, we can see wildlife and interesting activity at a local park.

For example, the above photo shows romance in a tree. These Eurasian Collared-Doves are courting each other. They rub their bills together, peck gently at each other’s heads, and coo softly.

Then they gather twigs to build a nest, as shown below.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

You may also see romance on the ground, as shown in the photo below.

One of these California Ground Squirrels is “kissing” the other.

I’ve seen other forms of romance, such as ravens rubbing their bills together and a male goose gently touching the head of his mate with the tip of his bill.

California Ground Squirrels

And you may see a bird taking a bath.

This often involves dipping, flapping, and splashing. It’s fun to watch.

Below is a Ring-billed Gull putting on a show.

Ring-billed Gull

You may see a bird at work, such as the Black Phoebe, shown below.

This bird will perch, often on a branch or sometimes on a rock, bobbing its tail and chirping.

Then, when it sees an insect, it flys off to catch it.

Black Phoebe

Much success,

Steve Kaye

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Did You Know?

The most effective way to help birds is to buy land.

Here are three organizations that excel at doing this.

1) American Bird Conservancy

2) The Nature Conservancy

3) The Trust for Public Land

Please visit their web sites to learn about the work they do.

Here’s an excellent book: The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation

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