Anyone know what this bird is? I think it might be an Australian magpie with albinism Apologies about the camera quality I was driving

I'm a first year student at Wayne State University (the one in Detroit) who is planning on commuting to campus (unfortunately daily due, to my schedule for at least the first semester) and I have massive chunks of time in my schedule with nothing to do, but not enough time to work during those chunks, think like 3-4 hours. Due to these large chunks of time, I was planning to see if I could sit down on one of our campus's more secluded benches and ground feed some of the birds. I'd be using a no mess variety bland, the same one I use in my feeders at home.

Would this be a problem for, or cause problems for the wildlife, facility, or other students? I'd prefer not to be a bother and cause problems with the wildlife, such as attracting rats or other disruptive animals, there's a pretty solid squirrel population at our university, so there's a chance they'd get the food beforehand.

Is there anyone I should try to contact, such as a groundskeeper, or someone on the like cleaning staff (not too sure what our school has/calls them) to talk about the possibility of me doing this? Or should I just cut my losses on getting some bird time in and just go sit in the library and pick up a new book instead?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/science/lost-birds-list.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE4.upEm.qHw6VOuX_y8l&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

herd of around 40 cowbirds this morning, wtf.

Was here a few days ago. Came back this morning and was half attempting to go after a squirrel.

Live on a river in CT see all types of birds never see this one before any ideas on what this is?

Mountain Trogan (Trogan Mexicans)

For some reason my ebird hasnt been updating my total checklists and my species list for weeks now.

My last submitted list was yesterday, with several new species. But my life list still shows that my last recorded species was on the 15th.

Ebird also says I have 12 submitted checklists when I in fact have submitted 21.

There is a mix of common and rare species in the checklists since ebird has stopped updating my lists.

Any help? My app is on the latest update. Thankyou

Hi all,

I have about £1000 in the UK to spend on a spotting scope of sorts.

What can people reccommend?

I'd like an all rounder if possible.

Thank you.

Sorry for the not-so-great pic. Mother-in-law spotted while driving through a nature preserve. She waited patiently until he flew away (struggling a bit) with his meal. Eastern VA. She said hawk, but almost looks like an osprey to me? I could be entirely wrong though! Any guesses?