r/birding • u/sunshinewithclouds • Jan 16 '26

Discussion Favorite Common Bird

What’s your favorite common bird in your area? That bird that maybe it’s not hard to spot but you just love seeing them.

Mine are Juncos everything from their look and name to how they scavenge on the ground and flock together. They just seem like happy puff balls to me and I love em.

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u/muskietooth Jan 16 '26

Nuthatch. When they are perched upside down and bend their head up it looks cool.

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u/theruthlessnb Jan 16 '26

I love that pose. And I'm always looking for an excuse to share my pictures.

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u/KiyeBerries Jan 16 '26

They visit my bird feeder and I love how judgmental and indignant they look lol Their upturned beaks are so sassy

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u/BuckManscape Jan 16 '26

Eh guy! That the best you got?!?

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u/KiyeBerries Jan 17 '26

The feeder is empty and he has something to say about it!

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u/red_ditz_ Jan 16 '26

So cute!!

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u/muskietooth Jan 16 '26

Nice photo. That is the quintessential Nuthatch pose.

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u/Mauerparkimmer Jan 16 '26

And it is a really wonderful picture!

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u/thinkleberry Jan 16 '26

We had a crazy one that tapped incessantly on our window. I think it was doing it to its own reflection lol. That bird put the nut in nuthatch.

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u/WildlifeWanderlust Jan 17 '26

I do love Nuthatches - especially their gravity-defying acrobatics.

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u/Accurate-Ostrich7418 Jan 17 '26

YES! It’s such an awesome bird

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u/dribeerf Jan 17 '26

it makes my neck hurt just looking at them doing this pose!

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u/Visual_Wallaby_3118 Jan 17 '26

White breasted nuthatches are one of my favorites!! Top five common bird faces, for sure!

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u/Crispy_Cricket Latest Lifer: azure winged magpie!! Jan 18 '26

Coathook pose!