r/whatsthisbird • u/IsabelleA_A • 15h ago
North America Saw this flock of birds in my neighborhood, what are they?
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It's in Florida.
r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • Jun 01 '26
Meta Found a baby bird that might need help? Look here for instructions on what to do
wildlifecenter.org
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r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • Jun 01 '26
Meta Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
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For more information, please see this article. Some excerpts from the article, and additional resources are below:
1) Make Windows Safer, Day and Night:
Around 1 billion birds (United States) and 25 million birds (Canada) die every year by flying into glass windows. This includes windows at all levels from low level houses to high rise buildings.
!Window collisions are one of the largest threats to bird populations. However, there are several ways you can help reduce window fatality. Below are some links with steps on how to make your house bird friendly, either DIY or through reputable companies such as the American Bird Conservancy.
Follow bird migration forecasts to know when birds are on their way to you
Some additional information for schools and universities - Bird-Friendly Campus Toolkit
2) Keep Cats Indoors
!Cats are estimated to kill more than 2.4 billion birds annually in the U.S. and Canada. This is the #1 human-caused reason for the loss of birds, aside from habitat loss.
Cats are the greatest direct human-caused threat to birds
American Bird Conservacy - Cats Indoors Project to learn more.
3) Reduce Lawn, Plant Natives
Birds have fewer places to safely rest during migration and to raise their young: More than 10 million acres of land in the United States were converted to developed land from 1982 to 1997
Find out which native plants are best for your area
4) Avoid Pesticides
More than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied in the United States each year. The continent’s most widely used insecticides, called neonicotinoids or “neonics,” are lethal to birds and to the insects that birds consume.
5) Drink Coffee That’s Good for Birds
Three-quarters of the world’s coffee farms grow their plants in the sun, destroying forests that birds and other wildlife need for food and shelter. Sun-grown coffee also often requires using environmentally harmful pesticides and fertilizers. On the other hand, shade-grown coffee preserves a forest canopy that helps migratory birds survive the winter.
Where to Buy Bird Friendly Coffee
6) Protect Our Planet from Plastic
It’s estimated that 4,900 million metric tons of plastic have accumulated in landfills and in our environment worldwide, polluting our oceans and harming wildlife such as seabirds, whales, and turtles that mistakenly eat plastic, or become entangled in it.
7) Watch Birds, Share What You See
Monitoring birds is essential to help protect them, but tracking the health of the world’s 10,000 bird species is an immense challenge.
r/whatsthisbird • u/Good4nuttin_SD • 11h ago
North America Large bird crash landed into the shop on our property (East El Cajon, CA)
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Bird came crashing into our shop and landed on a counter/bench. It flew over on top of the brooms as I got my camera out. Sorry about the quality of the pictures. They are screenshots from the video taken by my older iPhone in a beat-up case. What an amazing experience.
r/whatsthisbird • u/composermybeloved • 1h ago
North America i saw this bird a week ago, does anyone know what it is (ontario, canada)
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i saw it while heading to skating
r/whatsthisbird • u/ceejtheday182 • 41m ago
North America Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY. 7/22 - Merlin brings it up as a female scarlet tanager but her wings don’t look dark enough for me
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r/whatsthisbird • u/EnvironmentalWar • 2h ago
North America Is this a Mourning Dove?
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I haven’t been in the ornithology game since high school and never seen one before (though I’ve heard their calls) in the Upper Great Plains. It would just barely hop away when I walked past.
r/whatsthisbird • u/No-Midnight-4025 • 21h ago
North America Is this a crow or a raven at Lake Moraine, Alberta, CA?
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r/whatsthisbird • u/raineyducks • 14h ago
North America Prothonotary warbler???? Around central ohio
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This would be the first one i’ve ever spotted on my own! Based on my research I think that’s what it was!
r/whatsthisbird • u/BigSmell69420 • 13h ago
North America Some kind of what appears to be a Heron in Folly Beach, SC
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Saw this guy and thought it may be a least bittern, but it appears I was incorrect. Based on coloration and markings, could anyone provide some insight into this magnificent creature?
r/whatsthisbird • u/Hotdog_Frog • 18m ago
North America Sorry, bad pictures. Chicago, IL, living in a tiny birdhouse. Sounds like a chat-chat-chat call
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Careful_Ad_696 • 7h ago
North America Saw these cuties in blackberry bush.
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Saw this cute little birds nest what type of baby birds are these?
r/whatsthisbird • u/CaptScoopsMcAllister • 3h ago
North America Juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird? NW Connecticut
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r/whatsthisbird • u/lasagnaanya • 9h ago
North America ID help?? (WI) I know some of these pics are real bad
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1-6: juvenile Virginia Rail or some type of sandpiper?
7-8: Merlin said Sora for 8 but wouldn’t work for 7
9: did I get lucky on a Killdeer possibly?
10: the one flying - could that be a green heron?
r/whatsthisbird • u/lexicon-sentry • 17h ago
North America What bird is this feather from? [San Diego County, California, USA]
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r/whatsthisbird • u/iseefrogseverywhere • 1d ago
North America Rocky Mountains Bird ID
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Rocky Mountains National Park - I was coming down the trail and suddenly this bird is circling me with a worm, it flys away and comes back several times before I decide to leave.
I was wondering what type of bird it is and any idea as to why they were acting this way 😂
r/whatsthisbird • u/ThisIsntTaki • 8h ago
North America Need help Identifying bird song
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Hello, I hope you all are well I’m not very knowledgeable about ornithology, but I’ve been going crazy trying to find out what bird I just heard. At around 12:30 am in a small lake around the town of Bancroft, Ontario, Canada I heard a very ghostly sounding song similar in cadence to a loon but noticeably more melodic? It wasn’t like anything I’ve heard from a loon before. It sang a repeating melody a few times over before it stopped. It was very pretty and I’d like to find what made it to hear it again. In the photo I attempted to recreate what the melody sounded like.
r/whatsthisbird • u/devildocjames • 49m ago
North America AI say "Blue Jay" and I got excited lol still happy to see this spotted dude though. Any idea? South Texas.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/MsAlyssa • 14h ago
Artwork Illustrations in Hooray for Birds by Lucy Cousins
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Just for fun. I do think they represent real birds since I can identify some.
r/whatsthisbird • u/ebbrint • 12h ago
North America Raven or Crow?
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Hello! I live in San Diego and was wondering if this is a raven or crow?
r/whatsthisbird • u/novagora • 17h ago
Europe [South UK] Every evening hundreds fly over. What are they?
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I know they're quite hard to see but with the geography, time and the sound can anyone identify them?