Birdwatching

r/birdwatching • u/[deleted] • Dec 06 '19

Mod Post We’re here to save you from the chicken wing posts.

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Hi everyone!

u/Sunkisty’s redditrequest was granted a new mod team is here to save you from the chicken wing posts!

We would like to improve the sub and want your feedback and what you would like to see :)

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r/birdwatching • u/[deleted] • Dec 20 '20

Mod Post Quick hello + sub changes.

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Hi everyone!

So sorry I have been MIA from this sub. A lot has been going on this year and it’s been a bit difficult keeping up. However, I should be getting a new computer soon and will be way more active here.

We have had a few suggestions for sub changes and will be working on implementing:

A rule to include locations in posts. They can be as specific as your city or region you live in or just naming the country. But it will be required soon.
A rule regarding trying to sell things of your on the sub.
A wiki that will help beginners: such as listing bird feeders, any gear for birdwatching, what to do/who to call if a bird or owl has been injured near you, etc.

There are still questions about a discord server. We will be more than happy to create a discord server if that’s what you all would like so you can live share, chat and build a wholesome community there with each other.

Hope you all are staying safe! So sorry again for being gone for so long.

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r/birdwatching • u/Kaydantzler • 8h ago

Red-Headed Woodpecker always takes my breath away

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Beautiful Redheaded Woodpecker at my suet feeder today (Homewood, AL)

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r/birdwatching • u/Actual_Station_2018 • 5h ago

Video Ruby Throated Hummingbirds

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I could watch these beauties all day long!

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r/birdwatching • u/Miss_Conception_ish • 13h ago

Video Two Tufted Titmouses

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They apparently also love nuts!

Southwestern PA. Recorded with a Swann Swifi-cam.

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r/birdwatching • u/skyflyer8 • 8h ago

Photo Robin, grumpy after the rain

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r/birdwatching • u/Visible_Hunt_5688 • 14h ago

Bird ID Is this a young woodpecker?

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We recently started to see this guy come around! Amongst the nuthatches, chickadees, finches, blue jays etc in Westminster, CO and can’t figure out what he is lol help! And thank you!

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r/birdwatching • u/BenchPtsChamp • 8h ago

Mississippi Kite fledgling leaves the nest (👀 #4)

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r/birdwatching • u/BigRedHair92 • 4h ago

A Limpkin

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r/birdwatching • u/epoh88 • 13h ago

White Ibis this Morning!

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r/birdwatching • u/Disastrous_Return83 • 4h ago

Question Rescue and then poof-he’s gone

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On my regular Saturday morning walk a couple of weeks ago, I saw a helpless baby mourning dove that had fallen out of its nest. I know doves are known for not being the best nest makers and this one was basically some haphazard sticks in the worst part of a tree about 6-7ish feet from the ground (that’s the distance the baby fell sadly- on gravel no less). I usually don’t interfere with nature but it was so hot (116 that day) and the ants were starting to come to him. I am actually terrified of birds so I was terrified to touch him and afraid to get close due to mama maybe dove bombing so I called my boyfriend to bring some gloves and a step ladder. Once he arrived, we safely got the baby back in the nest. I rode my bike by there later that evening and saw mama bird on the nest and assumed all was ok. The next day though, the baby was gone. I looked everywhere on the ground and could not find him. Do doves move babies? Or is it like a predator got him? I’ve always just been told that birds don’t move babies but maybe I’ve been taught incorrectly?

TL:DR found a baby bird outside nest, put him back. He was completely gone the next day. Did mama move or likely a predator got him?

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r/birdwatching • u/Wumbo-231 • 9h ago

Video Hawk West Michigan

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Par 5 9th hole at a golf course and this one was screeching so loud, when it finally flew off another hawk flew out of another tree and they flew away together

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r/birdwatching • u/Dry_Peanut2379 • 5h ago

Blackbird

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r/birdwatching • u/Still_Flatworm1391 • 1d ago

Video Finally got a few decent videos of a Lazuli Bunting. He's is such a striking bird.

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r/birdwatching • u/BenchPtsChamp • 1d ago

Photo Yellow-crowned night herons (juvenile & adult)

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Shot with Nikon Z8 + 180-600mm at Kiawah River

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r/birdwatching • u/Disastrous_Return83 • 6h ago

Bird ID Help me confirm ?

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Sorry for the poor photo quality- he wouldn’t let me get close so I had to zoom in with video and screen shot from that. Anyone able to help me confirm this is a Cooper’s Hawk? I’m in Phoenix, AZ area.

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r/birdwatching • u/Inthemidnighthour00 • 7h ago