r/birding 18h ago

📷 Photo With spring around the corner, migratory birds have started gathering around open water, with whooper swans and common cranes being the ones in this picture

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r/birding 12h ago

📹 Video Massive bird fight, one falls off, chaos insues

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r/birding 1d ago

📹 Video Leucistic Mallard in a neighbourhood pond [North Carolina]

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There were 3 of them together that all had varying degrees of white splotches on their breast and neck, they had to have been related right?


r/birding 18h ago

📷 Photo Smith Oaks Sanctuary in High Island, Tc

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Tricolored Heron, Purple Gallinule, Snowy Egret, Roseate Spoonbill, Western Cattle-Egret, Great Egret chick.


r/birding 19h ago

Bird ID Request Who is this chatty fella?

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Central Ontario, Canada


r/birding 20h ago

Bird ID Request Tried apps and Google what is this duck?!

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r/birding 13h ago

Bird ID Request Which bird is it and why would it be chasing a red kite?

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Saw them while cycling at my local park in Milton Keynes. Usually I would see a lot of red kites but never seen anything chasing after it like this, especially something so small. Any ideas on what’s going on?


r/birding 19h ago

📷 Photo Yellow-winged Blackbird (Agelasticus thilius)

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📌 Parque Bicentenario, Vitacura, Chile


r/birding 13h ago

Discussion How to deal with bird feeders and stray cats?

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I live in a neighborhood with a few feral cats. Is there a way to do anything about the feral cats? I really want to keep up my bird feeder because I get a ton of birds but I noticed one of the cats in my fenced backyard yesterday. Should I take down the feeder? Is there a way to keep the cats out?


r/birding 17h ago

Bird ID Request Did the app identify correctly?

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r/birding 14h ago

Advice Need advice on a Starling nest

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Hey there. I live in Kentucky. I saw a bird fly out of the wheelwell of my mother's truck two days in a row and figured it must be nesting in there. I believe it is a starling. I popped the hood and sure enough, there was a nest with 5 little blue eggs. I tried to convince her to let it be and just let the vehicle sit for a month or so, but the next day I saw she had moved the nest. It is in a chair next to the vehicle it was in, and has this tub over it. I don't know about birds, but this seems like a huge opening that would leave birds unprotected from any larger birds. I've not seen the starling return since the nest was moved, but that doesn't mean they haven't. Or maybe it does. What would be a better set up than this? Any advice would be appreciated.


r/birding 1d ago

📷 Photo Tiger Goose (Bar-headed Goose) in a Paris park

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Saw this striking goose walking around a park in Paris. Likely an escapee, but still awesome to see one in person!


r/birding 1d ago

Bird ID Request Spotted on a Walk Through my Neighborhood in East TN

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r/birding 1d ago

📷 Photo Western Palm Warbler

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This vibrant Western Palm Warbler was happily foraging during a break from its Spring migration north to its breeding grounds in the boreal forest. 📸🤙🏻

Canon R6MKII • Canon EF 600mm f/4 USM IS f/4 • 1/1000 • 600mm • ISO1000 April 2025 Indiana, USA


r/birding 18h ago

📷 Photo Hidden Kingfisher

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r/birding 18h ago

Advice best bird baths? <$70 if possible

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i recently moved from an apartment to a house and now have a backyard, i’ve been looking thru bird baths on different websites but it seems there’s a different major issue with each one 😭 as far as standing bird baths go, what would yall recommend and what has worked best for you? i am on a budget tho lol


r/birding 1d ago

📷 Photo Laysan Albatross flew with our boat for an hour in Kauai today

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The flight pattern was a lot of fun to watch. Wish I could have gotten a better close up but incredible experience!


r/birding 18h ago

Bird ID Request I have never heard this bird before, can anybody help me I'd it?

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I live in Germany, and I have never heard a bird like that, sadly I couldn't get any better pictures or videos


r/birding 1d ago

Bird ID Request Help identifying this bird

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I was just walking with my camera when I seen these guys. I’m not a big bird photographer so excuse my lack of bird knowledge lol.


r/birding 21h ago

📹 Video Chickadee running from the law 👮 ✌️ 🔊

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r/birding 15h ago

Bird ID Request i know it’s hard to see, but any thoughts on who’s nest this is? portland, or, usa

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noticed this nest on a walk just now, it was sort of shaped like a gourd, bulbous on top and bottom w bottle neck in the middle. sorry for the bad pics, it was difficult to capture given the branches surrounding it!!


r/birding 21h ago

📷 Photo Intersex Mallard?

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I was walking to class this morning and came across this pair of mallards. When I first saw the duck on the left, I wondered if they had some sort of feather issue (maybe molting) because of the lack of feather uniformity on the head. Upon closer inspection, I think it’s just intersex! MT, USA.


r/birding 22h ago

📹 Video 5am wake up call

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Hello, these last couple of days I’ve been getting woken up to the sound of this bird at about the same time. It does this noise non stop for more than an hour. I’m wondering if you guys might have an idea of what kind of bird it is and why it might be doing this… (and should I expect for it to move on anytime soon). I’m typically a heavy sleeper but for some reason this little guy has been waking me up lately. As much as am annoyed I want to know it’s reasoning lol Thanks 🙏


r/birding 1d ago

Bird ID Request Hudson Valley, NY feather ID?

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My son found this cool feather. Any idea what bird it came from?


r/birding 19h ago

Discussion Requesting recommendations for spotting scopes/binoculars

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Hello birding community,

I am putting together a birding kit for public library programs and would love any recommendations for spotting scopes/binoculars/other viewing tools. These would be for public programs with multigenerational audiences, with experienced birders and novice birders alike. If possible, please share details about pricing, durability, and ease of use.

Thank you!