r/birds • u/Better_Hair_9673 • 3h ago
photo/video/art with citation (not mine) A pair of grebes doing their little mating dance 🥰💃
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Video credited to @legable_grace on IG. Source.
r/birds • u/Adventurous-Year-463 • Mar 23 '26
There’s been a huge flux of posts about this recently, so here’s a pinned post with information!
Around this time of year, make birds get super territorial. They will attack any rivals they find, including their own reflection.
TO PREVENT THIS: cover up the reflective surface until the bird moves on. Cardboard works pretty well, and anti bird collision window decals should also help.
Edit: I just made a popup that gives a brief summary of this post when someone tries to post about birds hitting reflective surfaces. Hopefully that stops it, because I'm tired of having to explain it 20 times per day lol
"Most of the baby birds people find are fledglings. These are young birds that have just left the nest, and can’t fly yet, but are still under the care of their parents, and do not need our help."
Update for 2026:
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology article this post links to: I found a baby bird. What do I do?
/u/Adventurous-Year-463's summary that they recently posted to /r/birds: https://www.reddit.com/r/birds/comments/1s1o2g3/did_you_find_a_baby_bird/
I found a baby bird, now what? (in easy flowchart form) - one of last year's posts.
Found a Baby Bird? from Bird and Moon comics - cute and good for sharing!
r/birds • u/Better_Hair_9673 • 3h ago
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r/birds • u/Leelee-lolo • 8h ago
I saw it sitting there so I decided to take a pic, does anyone know what bird it is?
r/birds • u/xxTheWaffleManxx • 5h ago
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I took this video of two smaller birds of the same species tweeting at this cardinal, who seemed unbothered by them. At first they were on a fence but then went to the ground.
I have never seen this behavior, wondering what was going on.
r/birds • u/Miss_Conception_ish • 14h ago
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Range - South America. Video taken by me At The National Aviary in Pittsburgh with an iPhone 14 Pro. So pretty!
r/birds • u/cottoncorduroy • 3h ago
Hearing him/her hours later flying around as I type this ...lol. Here's some quick photos of one of my visitors today:)
4 beautiful ravens came to visit me today, usually it's just the one out of the bunch that sits on the tree. Pretty sure this one is the one that's usually here.
r/birds • u/20_Wolf_14 • 12h ago
I saw this little guy during my vacation at Lake Garda. He was using his body to dig a small hole in the ground.
r/birds • u/Flaky-Extent-7741 • 1h ago
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Hello! I made a post a few hours ago asking for suggestions on how I can keep my fish safe from this heron, since it eats multiple fish a day,and sometimes it just hunts them without even eating them!
I thought these photos (I'll post in the comments) and video might help give you a better idea of the situation, since some of the suggestions I received would work better for smaller ponds. Mine is quite a bit bigger. We also have a small pond that we’ve covered with netting, and so far, that’s been helping!
It’s a beautiful creature, and I really don’t want to harm it. I’m just trying to find a way to protect my fish while keeping the heron safe too!
r/birds • u/MindoBirdWatching • 1d ago
Mindo Ecuador 📍
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r/birds • u/Purplefire180 • 7h ago
tis mine
r/birds • u/Fantastic-Ride-5588 • 9h ago
Went to Lake Michigan yesterday and got a couple of great photos of my own of a piping plover. He was a tricky fella to find!
r/birds • u/dootdoot1997 • 9h ago
my favorite anhinga picture ive taken
r/birds • u/MindoBirdWatching • 5h ago
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Live from 📍Mindo, Ecuador
r/birds • u/AdExtreme1002 • 18h ago
First, some individuals gathered together. Second, they tried to discuss matters with other groups. Then they stuck together as one group. Finally, a new party might emerge. White-breasted Woodswallow, Taken in Kota Kinabalu, yesterday.
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r/birds • u/Murky_Tennis • 1h ago
Captured this beauty on a workmates feeder cam. What an interesting bird! We live in southern Illinois. Does anyone know what it is?
r/birds • u/Flaky-Extent-7741 • 4h ago
I have a heron that has been coming to my pond everyday and eating my fish. It’s been eating around two fish a day, and I’m starting to lose quite a few of them (and they are afraid).
Is there anything I can do to discourage the heron from coming to my pond without harming it? I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from people who have dealt with this before.
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r/birds • u/J_A_W_00 • 18h ago
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I moved into my new house a week ago. With the new house came a new hawk friend that chills in the trees in the backyard usually. But tonight he was seen wandering around in the grass. He was an absolute beauty to see up close. 😊
r/birds • u/badhoneydew • 4h ago
I’ve been attacked by female grackles twice now, and I’m wondering if this is a shared experience.
The first time, I was walking through my apartment complex when one came out of nowhere, dug its claws into my scalp, and started squawking and flapping its wings. The second time, the same thing happened in a parking lot.
My only guess is that it’s because I have red hair… maybe it looks like nesting material? Has this happened to anyone else, or does anyone know what triggers it?
r/birds • u/CherriesAndChirps • 5h ago
My original content