The mother bird made this birds nest a wreath on my front porch a couple weeks ago and laid 4 eggs. She was consistently there all the time until the baby birds hatched. After the hatching, I have seen no sign of her. The baby birds are moving but I haven’t heard any chirps from them at all. They have been alive for a couple of days now and still no sign of mom. Is this normal, and are the baby birds going to be okay?

Hi researchers of reddit! I'm hoping that somebody can offer some guidance on how to best navigate the tangly permitting landscape for ornithological research. I work in multiple states and have a BBL permit that covers the proposed work. However, I also need a federal permit for some of this work, as well as state permits, field station approvals, and university IACUC approvals. I'm running into a problem right now where each organization wants to see all of the other approvals before granting a permit. (i.e. Fed won't grant without state permit, and state won't grant without Fed approval. Similarly, IACUC won't approve without state/fed approvals, but state and fed both want to see IACUC approval. Field stations are being understanding, but they eventually need to see all of these documents, too.) What gives!? Somebody has to go first, right? How do you navigate this?

My cats and dog found a fledging, I suspect from a nest, but no nest in sight.

Eyes unopened, breathing but sleeping mostly.

I’ve put it in a warm coat box in the warmest part of the house and tried to syringe feed with water mixed up with chicken seeds.

What should I do?

Hello!! This morning while getting ready for work I heard a weird noise by my window and I looked out to realize there's a Robin trying to build a nest!!! When I got home from work I checked on her and her whole nest was gone 😭 but while I was being sad, she came back with twigs! She's cearly trying, is there anything at all I can do to help her? Picture was from this morning and that was completely gone when I got home

This bird has built a nest on top of my porch light. No eggs yet. Can you tell me what kind of bird this is?

Hello, I would like to put up a couple birdhouses on my property with some cameras.

How would I best look up dimensions, and location to attract different birds?

There are many that are ready made like this:

But, I do not know if these will only attract certain birds.

I was thinking of setting two up. One on the front side of my garage and another in the back. It would be about 20 ft high but, have other locations available.

Thank you

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Hello,

I am a math student in my final semester of college, and for my research class, I am trying to model population dynamics between species using the Lotka-Volterra predator prey model. The only thing is, I am having trouble finding a reliable and accurate real world data set that I can use as a case study. I've been searching for data sets for quite a while now, but all I've managed to find repeatedly is the Hudson Bay Lynx/Hare data that is often used as an example when discussing the predator-prey model. Does anyone know of any websites or academic papers that conduct studies and have data sets of predator and prey species' population over time?

Thank you.

Note: I posted this over in r/ecology and r/zoology as well. I'm posting here in case anyone has any more specific examples regarding bird species. Any help is greatly appreciated.

I'm assuming these are both Greylags correct me if I'm wrong

Robins built the nest initially and then the doves showed up. Every time we would check the nest it would either be a robin or a dove sitting in it. Eventually the robins stopped showing up and we noticed a blue eggshell on the ground. I took a picture of the nest when the doves weren't around and saw that they had laid 2 eggs of their own along with a robin egg. Will the doves raise the robin or kick it out?

Noticed yesterday the lack of activity around my nestbox. Then I saw the parents flying around the hole and not landing so I knew something was up. I checked the nest box and there was a small snake in it. Nest originally had 4 chicks and now there are only two. I removed the snake and closed everything back up. The parents still refused to enter the nestbox to check on their chicks and I was worried that they would abandon them. But before it got complete dark I saw both parents near the box and assumed the chicks would be fine. Come to this morning and the only activity was one of the parents flying in front of the hole and they flying away. I checked the nestbox before going to work and the chicks were very cold, but moving. I took them inside and warmed them up and put them back in the nest box. Got home from work and watched the nestbox for about 30 minutes and I saw no activity. No parents landing on the house with food or in the tree keeping watch like I’d see the male do. Also the babies are very hungry. I just walked up to the nestbox and didn’t open it and my footsteps was enough to get them to start begging. Anyway, I think the parents have abandoned the nestlings. They won’t survive another night, especially if the parents haven’t been feeding them. So should I take them out and call a wildlife rehabilitator or just leave them and let them probably die. For people who ask I plan on putting a snake guard around the nestbox after whatever happens to the chicks. Thanks for any advice.

I can’t find anything online that clearly dictates if common myna birds are protected species under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. I know they’re highly invasive and really only found in Florida and Hawaii. Just curious if anyone knows

Hello! During a morning jog I heard a woodpecker above me hammering away on a partially rotted trunk. I paused and took a moment to look and see who it was. I hadn’t heard any distinct Pileated calls (as sometimes I do) but the one above me didn’t look quite large enough to be a Pileated (we routinely get Hairy’s and Downy’s in our yard, and the occasional Pileated at our suet blocks). Upon returning home, I looked up the differences between all three and I distinctly remember seeing a small bright red comb on the top of this birds head. While it wasn’t as swooped back/distinct as I’ve seen on other Pileated Woodpeckers, could it have been a juvenile? It seemed to be larger than a Hairy but not as big as a Pileated. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I live in Birch Bay, Wa (pretty much British Columbia) 😂😁😅 thanks!

A robin built a nest right outside my apartment (I took the picture leaning out of my door before work). She has layed 3 eggs but also flies away whenever I stare at her too long. Is there a way I can befriend her? Like leave out fruit or seeds?

I can't wait for her eggs to hatch btw

We have a lot of hummingbird friends in our backyard. Recently I saw one on a nest for about 5 solid days, I assumed she was incubating. I took some photos while she was there. She was definitely watching me, but I didn't get too close. Anyway, now she hasn't been sitting on it for the last two days. There's only one egg (hummingbirds have small clutches, I know) and it looks like a leaf fell on top of it? Did I scare her off with the pictures I took? Or is it possible that she's still laying?

It's 2:27 AM, and I'm hearing birds chirping outside. Normally I only hear them during the day, or later in the morning, 7 at the earliest. Is this normal?