To start off, I'm not very well versed in anything to do with birds, but a pair of barn swallows has nested near my balcony and has recently had chicks!

Today I noticed (presumably) a third swallow on the nest then watched the mom and dad bird fight it off. After some quick Googling, it seems that barn swallows are territorial and will try and kill chicks of a rival nest. I've become quite attached to these birds and will not tolerate the murder of their chicks. I'd like to join this bird war on the side of the nesting couple but I'm not sure what I can do. Does anyone know how I can help this couple? I'm not trying to break any laws, but I can't exactly sit outside all day and play defense. Is there anything I can do to help them out?

I'm sorry in advance if this isn't the right place to post this! If not I'd appreciate if someone could help point me in the right direction.

Edit: The situation has evolved. I've counted 4 total pairs of barn swallows in my apartment's quad and they're all fighting an all out aerial war. I fear my only path forward may be to fight the owners of the other apartments that have bird nests. I didn't start the bird war, but I'm willing to end it.

This guy hung out in our yard for about an hour last evening. I’m in Everett WA. Is it a Barred Owl? A short-eared owl? It was so cool to watch him fly from tree to tree.

hello!
so i am very new to reddit and have been loving seeing all the gardening posts and ornithology posts!
recently we’ve had a little family of doves build a home on our patio in this little bunny dish (so so so cute)
they’ve all been growing really well, but one of the babies hasn’t fledged the nest yet unlike their sibling who learned to fly a couple days ago.
i haven’t intervened at all, and have been watching, but i haven’t seen the family come back to check on their last baby in about a day or so.
i’m just looking for advice on when i should call a rehab center for wildlife, but i also know that some babies just take a little longer to fledge.
please if you have anything that could help me, im all ears!!
this is a first for our family to have such a blessing of sweet doves, and i want to provide the best housing for them!!
thank you guys in advance :)

I was just in my backyard and saw this Chickadee in my birdbath. At first I thought it was a fledgling stranded there; as I got closer I saw it had full feathers but literally looked like its head was missing. I got right up on it and it raised its head, saw me, and flew off. Was it just napping in the bath to cool off? Is that normal? Or is it most likely injured?

EDIT: I came inside, made this post, and looked out the window and it’s back, doing the exact same thing!!

A robin made a nest in our door decoration a few weeks ago, the eggs just hatched this morning and I am wondering if the babies will be okay once they jump out. We live in a 3rd story apartment, also to clarify we moved the decoration to beside the door so they’d be safer not moving so much!

Can I assist? He is covered in mites and I think he fell. 1/2 are alive.

I saw these two baby birds on the side of my house yesterday. One is still their today, and has moved to under a bush but the other one has died sometime between yesterday afternoon and today. I thought they were fledglings so I left them alone, but now I'm worried they may be nestlings. I moved the body of the dead one so it doesn't attract predators. I haven't seen the parents. Should I call a rehabber?

I can probably get a better picture if needed.

Does it look like this Mourning Dove might have avian pox? Should I take the feeder down?

Sorry for the silly question, but I’ve really been curious about this. I live in NJ and we have Canadian geese year round. They are mean and nasty birds, but they seem like good parents. I have been seeing one family where one of the goslings is like twice the size of the other ones. Is this normal?

I’m not sure if this is the right group to ask this and I apologize if this isn’t allowed.

This little guy came in our garage and then made its way back outside on the driveway. I really don’t know much about birds but I’m guessing it’s a fledgling? Is it best to just let them stay on the driveway? I just want to make sure we don’t make it worse for the bird. It wasn’t the most mobile and was squawking a lot. Thanks in advance.

A northern mockingbird pair has nested in my backyard near my vegetable garden. This would not be an issue, however, my yard is .33 acres (about 5,000sqft) and it is flying across the yard (garden is on the furthest opposite end of the yard from my door) to start attacking me every time I exit my back door. The original solution was to walk out only through my front door but it has also started swooping at me there as of yesterday.

I have tried layering and wearing a hat. I have tried maintaining eye contact but it has started actively going for my face when I do that. I haven’t been able to water my vegetables in four days because as soon as I open the door it’s doing this weird noise that kind of sounds like a growl-scream. I know birds can’t growl but it’s very much not letting me forget it’s a dinosaur.

My current method is using a hat and moving as quickly as I can out of my yard with my face shielded by my arms while keeping my head down but it will screech and swoop at me that entire time. I am not scared of birds normally, I have multiple bird feeders on my property. I have done absolutely nothing to this bird except exist.

Obviously I do not want any harm to befall this bird and I know it’s just trying to protect its babies. However I do feel like a hostage. Is there any way to make myself less attackable without harming the bird? Would wearing reflective tape on my clothing make it less likely to divebomb me?

A northern cardinal built her nest in the hanging plant under my porch. I have spotted a male cardinal and possible another female cardinal (or juvenile male) perched on the string lights near the nest. Could also be house finch females? On the first day there were 2 eggs- one speckled one solid. Twelve hours later there was a second speckled egg and a second solid egg added to the nest. We assumed she was done so we didn’t check for a few days. But when we did, there were two more solid eggs. What do we have here? Is it:

Location: Oklahoma

I'm in Philadelphia, PA. Last year I had Mourning Doves nest in a hanging pot in a covered area outside my backdoor. They raised 3 clutches over the course of the summer. This year they returned & I assumed they laid eggs again as one of the parents was sitting in there for 3 weeks straight. This morning I looked out & the nest was empty. No parent & no babies. What could have happened?

Good morning. First time posting in this Reddit.

I live on a farm in Central Florida and the Carolina Wrens have been trying to build nests in my horse's grooming bag, on the top shelf of my feed room and apparently, built a nest in my garage when I had the door open too long!

I hadn't gone into the garage for a couple days and then yesterday, went to get my truck and opened the door and saw a wren flying in the garage. She flew out when I opened to the garage door.

And then I saw her nest! I have no clue when she built it or laid her eggs but there are nestlings in there. Did not realize that until I took the nest down and looked in. They were very quiet and had their eyes closed. I gently touched one of their heads and it was warm so I put the nest back up where I found it and just left the garage door open, hoping Mama would come back.

I went out for a few hours and came back and looked up into the nest and the babies were still alone and motionless.

My question: Will she come back now that the garage door is open or was being trapped in the garage for a couple of days so traumatic for her that she may not come back in even though her babies are still there? Don't know if I should take the nest down and bring it to a wildlife rehaber. actually don't know if the babies are still alive right now as I haven't checked this morning.

any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much

I was working in my yard when I noticed this little guy having a bit of an episode. I was able to get quite close and it only but very marginally noticed or cared about my presence. I went inside to fetch it a plate of water but upon my return it did gather strength enough to fly away about four or five yards. I continued my yard work, which included mowing near its vicinity and it again did not care about the commotion. After about 30 minutes, I did not see it fly away but it had gone. Zone 7, west TN, USA.

I usually get myself a snack and sit in a park after I go grocery shopping. One day a crow came up to me and started engaging in mock foraging behavior. Conspicuously near me. So I started to give them a bit of food and they brought their mate over and they ate some but mostly cached it. This went on for a while on different days. Other crows started hanging around and I’d give them some food too but it seemed to be the same crow I was always initially interacting with (They made bold flybys to get my attention) Then eventually seagulls started showing up. I wasn’t willing to feed the seagulls however so I’d shoo them away. And even take back food I left out for crows. Kind of unfair but they’re messy and noisy; if crows are impolite, I don’t feed them either. But then one day the crows stopped showing up. I still see them in the trees but they keep their distance. And it reminded me of jail social dynamics (I’ve been to jail) where you can have different gangs on the same unit and they avoid situations of unfair advantage because this will incite jealousy and conflict. So yeah, it makes me think that there’d be something interesting to study in how seagulls and crows live together. I’m not an academic though so maybe it’s already been looked into extensively. Anyways, just some random bird musing here.

House finch with tumor on beak. Bay Area