/r/birding
Birding. bird watching. twitching. listing. Whatever you want to call it, if you are looking at or listening to birds, this is where you should be.
birding. birdwatching. twitching. listing. whatever you want to call it, if you are looking at or listening to birds you should be frequenting /r/birding.
Subreddit rules:
Follow Ethical Birding Behavior. Follow ethical birding & bird photography behaviors as outlined by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Audubon Society (see pinned post).
No Human Contact With Birds. Exceptions for researchers who are banding birds, or licensed wildlife rehabilitators (proof must be submitted to mods through modmail before posting)
Birding Content Only. No “birds aren’t real” posts, and all posts must be directly related to wild birds or the hobby of birding.
No Fledgling/Injured Bird Questions. Baby birds without feathers should be returned to the nest. Young, feathered fledglings outside the nest are normal and common, and may not be able to fly well yet – they should generally be left alone. If you believe the bird is injured or needs human intervention, contact a local wildlife rehabilitator (http://ahnow.org/). If you are unable to contact a wildlife rehabilitator, please go to r/WildlifeRehab for further advice.
Original Content Only. Any photos must have been taken by the person posting them. Articles can be posted for discussion, however the poster must also comment with their perspective on the article.
Add Context to Photos. Your post should include the common name of the bird, the location, and date – either in the title or a comment. We love seeing interesting facts or observations too!
No Self-promotion or Advertising. Artwork of wild birds is allowed. Watermarks are allowed. One link in a comment to your social media page is allowed. No links to sales sites. Make sure your contributions are about birding and engaging with this community, not promoting yourself. Links to articles should also include some discussion about the article.
Be Civil. No personal attacks or insults. No hatred, bigotry, racism, or other uncivil behavior.
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Gray-green Fruit-dove
08:06 UTC
I love watching them eat
Out of all the birds I’ve seen with my bird feeder (mostly chickadees, junkos, robins, and steller’s jay) the black headed grosbeak is my favorite bird, because he stays there and eats right in front of the camera, the other birds take a seed and leave
07:49 UTC
I know it's only a sparrow but I love the feel of this image
04:48 UTC
Black-chested Snake Eagle - Circaetus pectoralis Olpejeta Conservancy,Laikipia County,Kenya.
04:43 UTC
Help!! A Bird made a nest on our wreath.
Help! A bird made a nest on our wreath. We can use the backdoor, but my roommates are suggesting we put a new hook a few feet away and move it there, just in case someone forgets and slams the door in a hurry. Would that be alright? Would the mama bird leave the nest sensing human involvement or our scent? We didn't notice the nest until now because it is on the top of the wreath and kinda tucked there. This is in Regina, SK Canada.
There are two babies hatched already and an egg. Also, could this be canary egg?
04:21 UTC
Merlin doesn’t seem to recognize this as a bird call. Any one know what this might be? Heard in southern New Hampshire.
I’ve heard this bird (?) several times around southern New Hampshire. I’ve never spotted it, though.
04:12 UTC
Red tailed hawk
Arizona, USA
04:10 UTC
Sharp Shinned or Cooper
Bozeman Montana. Saw this little friend loitering in the side lawn. I know they are hard to differentiate, but I'm stumped.
03:34 UTC
What kind of bird is this?? (ID of bird call)
I can never get a proper video/picture of it because it’s always high up in a tree—so I ran to my window when I heard it squawking.
The last time I walked outside to see what it was, it looked like a crow of some sort—but it was so high up in the tree I couldn’t properly see. It is SO LOUD, I thought someone’s parrot had escaped. My first thought was a stellar jay, but…I’ve never heard one quite like this before.
-Located in Washington State near Seattle in the suburbs
- Video taken at 8:00 pm, though the bird will squawk at random times
03:06 UTC
My first owl documentary
I’m a while life photographer in Connecticut. I recently spent the last four months, 100 straight days with a family of barred owls and what I witnessed was beyond amazing ! Please consider watching and I hope you enjoy it !
02:44 UTC
What’s got these 2 on alert?
What bird is making the sound in the foreground? We are inland Coastal NC.
02:18 UTC
A juvenile something?
Taken today in Milwaukee Wisconsin, just chilling on my mailbox. Little help?
01:46 UTC
Help identifying this bird I've never seen before (SE Kansas)
Mostly what the title says, saw it eating seeds from my sunflowers and it was so unusual and bright I had to see if I could get help finding out what it is?
01:38 UTC
Two sparrows have built a nest on our balcony above our AC unit.
We really only use the balcony for our laundry and can leave it be the rest of the time. They've only just set up the nest and are only really bothered when we go out there. It is a small balcony.
My question is, am I better off leaving them be and hoping they can breed successfully or destroying the nest so they can find a better site before they commit too many resources to it.
We will only be staying here for another month so I can't guarantee what the next tenants will do.
00:50 UTC
San Francisco birds
Hi! I'd like to do some artwork of SF/Bay area birds. Doing this as a gift for a friend who recently moved down there. I live in Canada and have never been to the area, so I'm not familiar with the local wildlife.
Although I can google this, I don't really trust the results. When I google 'common Ontario birds' or 'common Toronto birds' I get some pretty weird and inaccurate results. For example, the cali quail comes up as a 'common bay area bird' but I doubt they are regularly bopping around urban SF!
So, California/Bay Area birders: can you give me a top 10/15 common birds? I have a preference for songbirds (or any birds you think are especially pretty!). I also have a preference for birds that are more unique to the southwest (i.e. birds that my friend wouldn't have seen as much back home in Toronto), but this isn't a necessity- I know there is some crossover between Toronto and SF.
Thanks in advance!!
00:49 UTC
Eastern Kingbird with breakfast
I got pretty luck with this. I wasn't zoomed in enough and shutter speed was too slow.
00:14 UTC
What’s going on here?
We have, what seems to be, a younger mourning dove that has been in our yard. Little guy has some gnarly growth on their face. Anyone know what’s going on g on here?
23:48 UTC
I passed some magic crow test
I have many crows that I have been feeding for about three months. Awhile back I decided to crow vocalize with them. I did my best to mimic back their sounds. This made many of them curious about me. When they do the shout out across the sky greeting (CAW-caw) I do my own version. Today my American crow overlord, Poe, sat with me and did about ten rounds of “I am here” with me and then he made a new noise. He rattled. I did my best to rattle back. It was laughable but he did this with me about six or seven times. He seemed satisfied and then he flew off.
I am still in awe. I know this is real but did this crow just treat me like family? They reserve those types of vocalizations for their family. I cried for a bit I was so honored. That’s it.
I will try to get some recordings to post here but I am an old Gen Xer and you know how that goes sometimes with trying to keep up with technology.
The rest of this discussion which is quite lengthy is on r/crowbro for any corvid fans
23:28 UTC
Got to borrow a friend's R5 Body for the day. Then, I promptly took one of my favourites! BC, CA (BlackCappedChickadee)
23:16 UTC
Timelapse!!!!
A knitting bird's nest at my terrace. She knitted the nest with the help of a 🌿
16:21 UTC
Could someone help identify what kind of call this is?
Hi, I’m not great with bird identification or calls but while at Yellowstone I noticed a crow making this sound which I hadn’t heard before. What kind of call is it?
18:35 UTC
Sometimes you just have to rest.
19:33 UTC
Tricolored Heron spotted in South Florida
21:26 UTC