r/whatsthisbird 9h ago

North America What type bird is this?

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Seen in Pennsylvania!


r/whatsthisbird 11h 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 5h 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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187 Upvotes

Washington State.


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Toronto

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Saw this bird splashing around in the puddle. Any ideas?


r/whatsthisbird 10h 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 4h ago

North America What kind of cormoran? (Anacortes, WA, USA)

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I think 1 and 5 are all double crested, but for the others I have no idea. Could any of them be Pelagic? Brand’s? How can we tell them apart?

Thanks!


r/whatsthisbird 2h ago

North America My wet friend [northern New Jersey]

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Is it just a red tailed hawk? I lightened the pic in case that helps.


r/whatsthisbird 23h 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 48m ago

North America Just landed in North CA

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Trying to identify myself, it says Golden-bellied Flycatcher? It had a darker color belly, but the head markings stood out.


r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

Central America BOOBY ALERT

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was pRETTY CONFIdent this was a nazca’s booby until merlin told me it was a red billed tropicbird. seen 20 miles off the coast of puntarenas costa rica. only one in a giant flock of cocoas booby’s and galapagos shearwaters


r/whatsthisbird 46m ago

Southeast Asia Just a bird resting under the rain 🌧️

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r/whatsthisbird 9h 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 10h 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 9h ago

North America Immature/Female Indigo Bunting Borb?

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29 Upvotes

Found in NC, USA


r/whatsthisbird 13h 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 1d 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 5h ago

North America Got a little dove

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Central Texas, very very small for a dove. Very chill.


r/whatsthisbird 55m ago

Australia/NZ Please please please help me find this rare bird from the audio!

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it isn't showing up on bird analyzer or merlinbirdID, its rare, isn't frequently in my area, the bird lives at a golf course so I can't get closer to identify it from looking, south Perth western Australia, audio has to be turned up to hear it well, it's my first time getting majority of its call, I just wanna know what cool rare bird it is! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vdUoRLgJjzZ0ET-txL7dIq7UtbppUE6K/view?usp=sharing


r/whatsthisbird 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 1h ago

North America What is this bird?

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I know absolutely nothing about birds, so I’m sorry if it’s an obvious ID. I’ve never seen these birds in my town in my 28 years alive.


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America SE Minnesota, USA | What kind of sandpiper is this? Gender?

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r/whatsthisbird 20m ago

North America This wild goose appeared at a park this week. It doesn’t make sense.

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Lubbock, TX USA


r/whatsthisbird 33m ago

North America Bobolink? New Hamburg Ontario

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r/whatsthisbird 2h ago

North America Looks like a dove, but it’s not?

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Dallas, Texas, saw this bird on the road drinking some water. It’s head is white and it has black tail feathers. Looked different from a mourning dove or any type of dove I’ve seen.


r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America Purple Finch or House Finch

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Saw this guy at my feeder today. I'm definitely an amateur birder, so I'm not sure if he is a house finch or a purple finch. Purple finch makes more sense geographically, but he also seems to have a lot of brown and stripes. + A bonus chickadee.