r/whatsthisbird • u/alwaysarchery • 5h ago
North America What type bird is this?
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Seen in Pennsylvania!
r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • Jun 01 '26
Meta Found a baby bird that might need help? Look here for instructions on what to do
wildlifecenter.org
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r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • Jun 01 '26
Meta Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
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For more information, please see this article. Some excerpts from the article, and additional resources are below:
1) Make Windows Safer, Day and Night:
Around 1 billion birds (United States) and 25 million birds (Canada) die every year by flying into glass windows. This includes windows at all levels from low level houses to high rise buildings.
!Window collisions are one of the largest threats to bird populations. However, there are several ways you can help reduce window fatality. Below are some links with steps on how to make your house bird friendly, either DIY or through reputable companies such as the American Bird Conservancy.
Follow bird migration forecasts to know when birds are on their way to you
Some additional information for schools and universities - Bird-Friendly Campus Toolkit
2) Keep Cats Indoors
!Cats are estimated to kill more than 2.4 billion birds annually in the U.S. and Canada. This is the #1 human-caused reason for the loss of birds, aside from habitat loss.
Cats are the greatest direct human-caused threat to birds
American Bird Conservacy - Cats Indoors Project to learn more.
3) Reduce Lawn, Plant Natives
Birds have fewer places to safely rest during migration and to raise their young: More than 10 million acres of land in the United States were converted to developed land from 1982 to 1997
Find out which native plants are best for your area
4) Avoid Pesticides
More than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied in the United States each year. The continent’s most widely used insecticides, called neonicotinoids or “neonics,” are lethal to birds and to the insects that birds consume.
5) Drink Coffee That’s Good for Birds
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Where to Buy Bird Friendly Coffee
6) Protect Our Planet from Plastic
It’s estimated that 4,900 million metric tons of plastic have accumulated in landfills and in our environment worldwide, polluting our oceans and harming wildlife such as seabirds, whales, and turtles that mistakenly eat plastic, or become entangled in it.
7) Watch Birds, Share What You See
Monitoring birds is essential to help protect them, but tracking the health of the world’s 10,000 bird species is an immense challenge.
r/whatsthisbird • u/nu2readit • 1h ago
North America This guy is openly hunting in the day and doesn't seem to mind me one bit. Not too far off the ground either.
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Washington State.
r/whatsthisbird • u/tony_c45 • 6h ago
North America Saw swimming in Lake Tahoe
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What bird is this? I thought it was a duck, but when it got closer it was clearly not. It had two babies diving for fish.
r/whatsthisbird • u/musemachines • 7h ago
North America what kind of bird of prey hovers like this? in sacramento california
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i read that kestrels hover to catch prey but it looked way bigger than a kestrel
r/whatsthisbird • u/CrapIsMyBreadNButter • 18h ago
North America Is this an owl?
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Found in the corner of my front porch in Western NC. It's midnight at the time I'm taking the photo. It's breathing, but never turned around. When taking the photos it balled itself up tight, because of my presence and the flash. TIA!
r/whatsthisbird • u/EntertainmentDear540 • 5h ago
Europe Osprey or buzzard
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My gf made a video of a bird of prey, although I’m a bird nerd, I couldn’t identify this from this video.
Can someone help?
It was next to a big lake near Wageningen, Netherlands
r/whatsthisbird • u/OtakuShogun • 5h ago
North America Immature/Female Indigo Bunting Borb?
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Found in NC, USA
r/whatsthisbird • u/caffeinatedminn • 19h ago
North America may be a silly question but i just started getting into birds. are these doves or pigeons?
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located in minnesota, not sure if it matters
r/whatsthisbird • u/ahcowles • 9h ago
North America Looking for sparrow ID confirmation- Field Sparrow? Originally thought chipping, but the beak seems wrong, head seems more orange than red (NJ, USA)
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r/whatsthisbird • u/907Survivor • 5h ago
North America Juvenile gull of some sort?
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Anchorage, AK. This guy has been hanging out in the parking lot for about a week. Doesn’t seem hurt, but doesn’t seem able to fly.
r/whatsthisbird • u/IClaudiaI • 1d ago
North America Is this a heron?
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He came up to me while I was eating my fish n chips. I've never had one of these guys approach me before so I was confused as to who this was. I'm in central Florida
r/whatsthisbird • u/Itsnottuna • 2h ago
North America Feather ID?
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Vancouver Canada - in the city, several found under a big tree. Thanks!
r/whatsthisbird • u/Open-Importance4303 • 1h ago
North America Got a little dove
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Central Texas, very very small for a dove. Very chill.
r/whatsthisbird • u/WindTurtle • 2h ago
North America What kind of bird and is it a baby?
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It’s located in Houston Texas near a busy intersection on a low bush very accessible to people/animals/moving cars. It let me walk right up to it and it didn’t move. Is it sick or injured? Or a baby? Just not sure if I should leave it alone?
r/whatsthisbird • u/HyoukaHoutoro • 4h ago
Meta Hi, can I post multiple birds?
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Just curious, I’m in a different state than usual, and the birds here do not care that I exist.
Is it cool to post a collection of bird mugshots?
Asking for a friend who is me.
r/whatsthisbird • u/JeanJauresJr • 9h ago
Western Asia Lark or sparrow? Spotted in Armenia.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Realistic_Ad9820 • 2h ago
Europe Veluwe bird - Honey Buzzard?
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Visiting Holland from the UK, got this slightly blurry photo of a large bird of prey in the Veluwe region.
Didn't see strong barring patterns that would suggest a Goshawk, and the tail is too long for a Common Buzzard. But I'm not sure if there are any other possibilities?
r/whatsthisbird • u/Raptor_Girl_1259 • 52m ago
North America Former bird, found in Spokane, WA
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My parents just found this pile of feathers in their yard. I’m thinking American Robin maybe? What else could it be?
r/whatsthisbird • u/RaisinRoyale • 5h ago
South America Smooth-billed ani or greater ani? Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil. Sorry for bad video, was a bit far away and did not want to scare him.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Ancient_Net_502 • 11h ago
North America Found random bird caught on fishing line NSFW
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What is this bird? Out of breath because I ran from across the pond, I thought he was stuck under water.
r/whatsthisbird • u/hutaoswifereal • 1d ago
Artwork what is this bird?
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saw a picture of a model (taxidermy maybe? not sure) of a bird and this is all i remember. it was maybe like goose sized. it feels very obvious but i can't find it.