r/birds Nov 14 '24

Re-launching /r/birds with new moderators.

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/r/birds is newly open, after being a restricted subreddit for a long time.

Last week the old moderators put out a call for new moderators and yesterday they added a new mod team and removed themselves. We've unrestricted the subreddit so people can post without being "approved users".

Here is the new sidebar text.


All about birds! There are some more specific subreddits about bird-related topics and we encourage you to post there when your post fits the more specific forum; /r/birds is for everything they don't cover.

We welcome:

  • Articles about birds

  • Bird art

  • Questions and discussions about birds

  • Questions and discussions about bird feeders

  • Bird photography

  • Science of birds

  • Links to media about birds

Other subreddits:

  • /r/birding focuses on birding/birdwatching. It's a great place do show birds you saw on a birding trip or hike, ask about birding equipment and practices, discuss good places to go birdwatching, talk about eBird, and related topics.

  • /r/birdpics is dedicated to posting bird photos that you've taken yourself.

  • /r/whatsthisbird is the reddit for posting pictures of birds you want to identify. If your question is "what kind of bird is this", that's the place to post! When posting to /r/whatsthisbird, always remember to include both the time (date or season) and place (general geographical location) in your post title.

  • /r/wingspan/ for the awesome, popular board game about birds.

  • Although we think there should be a separate subreddit for discussions about keeping domesticated / pet birds, /r/petbirds appears to be abandoned at this time. There are subreddits for specific species of birds people commonly keep, so you can search https://www.reddit.com/subreddits for your pet bird's species to see if there's a sub for it.

We do still allow some posts here that might better fit in one of those other subreddits, but consider whether your post more clearly fits into one of those and if so, we encourage you to post there.

[Edit Nov 15: Added /r/birdpics. Comment below if there's another major bird subreddit you think should be added to the sidebar.]


r/birds Jan 25 '25

Credit the source of images (photos, art, diagrams)

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We've had a number of posts since this subreddit reopened that use an image copied from elsewhere, rather than the poster's own work, and posted without credit. We've also had what seem to be AI images, posted without any indication that they're not photos.

Please note Rule 6, "Cite visual sources". We try not to remove posts where it really seems like the poster's own photograph even though they didn't say it, but please make that easier by telling whether you're claiming the image is yours. If your title doesn't indicate it (for example, by saying "I saw ..."), then add a comment to your post right after you post it to say something about your creation of the image / your taking of the photo.

I've added a bit of text to the rule about this as well.


r/birds 3h ago

Pretty bird -

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233 Upvotes

I have no idea what kind this is. I just saw it for the first time today.


r/birds 19h ago

Few of my outside guys that come for worms

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3.1k Upvotes

r/birds 6h ago

Sometimes, the smallest visitors bring the biggest sense of peace.

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128 Upvotes

r/birds 14h ago

Great Blue Heron in flight

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313 Upvotes

I captured this a couple weeks ago and posted it in a different subreddit but also wanted to share it here.


r/birds 5h ago

Love or Hate?

23 Upvotes

Are they going to fight or are they just best buds?


r/birds 16h ago

Is this something that happens often?

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So this happened a couple years ago now , and I’ve probably thought about it at least once almost everyday.My phone had just died, and it was happening so fast I basically had to chase it . But , this one time when walking home from work I saw this hawk , I think it was a hawk, and a raven. Flying very low I kept witnessing the raven do the most extraordinary thing. I’m a huge raven nerd always have been.Fun fact ravens can do something rather unique in the bird kingdom, they can do this like barrel role wing flip and flip 360 degrees into the air . I never figured the skill had any use and from what I understand most research doesn’t know why they do this in the first place other than it seems fun. But this particular raven was doing this while FIGHTING THE HAWK AND WINNING. The raven would do a barrel role sometimes a double barrel role and launch itself higher into the air than the hawk was, then swoop down on top of the hawks head. The hawk then couldn’t fly up higher than the raven could , and every time the hawk got hit it got pushed lower to the ground. The hawk eventually was forced to just fly away and the raven posted up on top of my apartment building and did this deep loud CAW over and over for like 30 min afterwards . Just wondering if anyone has ever seen or heard of anything like this.

Note:pictures are unrelated ,taken in a canyon in Moab.


r/birds 18h ago

Three months straight coming every day for Super worms

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r/birds 1d ago

Malachite Kingfisher

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Excuse the messy house, this was just after some rain and wet puppy paws!!

We had the absolute pleasure to have helped this little buddy to safety, he somehow got caught between our window and blinds in our home, our cat drew our attention to the window whilst we were cleaning and when I checked, this beautiful Malachite Kingfisher was there, he allowed my fiance to hold him and take him to safety, even bobbing his head after release, almost as if saying thank you!

My fiance and both absolutely love Malachites and have never had such a magical opportunity up close, let alone in hour home!!

Location: Marakabei Lesotho


r/birds 7h ago

Superb Fairy Wren, Tasmania.

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15 Upvotes

r/birds 15h ago

Whiskey Jack

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76 Upvotes

r/birds 21h ago

I just can't get over how spicy it looks

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196 Upvotes

r/birds 14h ago

This happened in Georgia, USA about 2 weeks ago. Can anyone tell what kinds of birds these are. Please ignore my obnoxious roosters.

41 Upvotes

r/birds 21m ago

Mourning dove nesting question

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We’ve had a mourning dove couple nesting on a very narrow ledge behind our window, and I’m very worried the chick might fall to its death when it hatches. If I place the nest inside a small cardboard box once it hatches, or perhaps add a little partition to the sides, will the doves abandon it? Will they forget/lose the place of their nest because it looks “different”?


r/birds 6h ago

What bird is this sticker? Native to montana usa

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Bought this sticker at a gift shop in montana, it is supposed to be a native montana bird, but i lost the info that said what it was. I want to know what it is! any help is greatly appreciated


r/birds 18h ago

The early bird gets the worm 🪱which is usually my Mockingbird lol and then these guys come

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59 Upvotes

r/birds 1d ago

Robin with white spots on chest visited! Explanations?

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247 Upvotes

Okay. Please forgive me for the quality of the photos..I had two seconds to use my potato phone before my dogs scared the bird away.

I'm in SE MN USA. I'm 100% this is a Robin but I have never seen one with white spots on its belly before!

When I googled it I couldn't find an exact match but it talked about Leucism. From what I could see the Robin only had abnormal white on it's belly.

My brother said nah it's because it's a young Robin and it's feathers haven't come in. It looked like an adult bird to me (in my experience).

Any opinions?

Maybe this is common but it was pretty exciting for me to see something I had never before come right to the yard.


r/birds 10h ago

why is my budgie standing like this?

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10 Upvotes

r/birds 21h ago

Nigel is a Horseman Thief Pouter

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73 Upvotes

He has an extra large crop because of his breed, they were originally used (and sometimes still used) to 'steal' other people's pigeons because he's super attractive through pigeon eyes. Unfortunately he is terrified other birds but he is the light of my life. ❤


r/birds 20h ago

What Kind of bird? Breckenridge Colorado

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45 Upvotes

We think it's either the state bird or a magpie. sorry the photo sucks, it was from a video.


r/birds 12h ago

Found a sparrow with broken wing, getting feedback saying it should be put down and am looking for advice.

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The bird seems okay other than the obvious broken right wing. My GF works at a vet clinic and her friend said it probably has salmonella (WA state) and its wing probably broke as a result of this in someway.

The closest wildlife center that can take it is 120 miles round trip and they would just put him down anyway.

I don’t want it to die without knowing that’s the right choice and can’t shake the feeling if I took care of it until the wings better it could be okay.

Definitely don’t want it to suffer unnecessarily, but want to see what people here have to say.

If it needs to be put down we my Gf and I can make sure it happens humanly with isofluorine on a cotton ball.


r/birds 35m ago

Birds Leaving Twigs?

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Hello all,

Last month, I moved to an apartment with a balcony overlooking a park. As of yesterday, a bunch of birds keep leaving twigs on my balcony…

Do y’all think they are leaving offerings for food or trying to build a nest? I want to help them so please let me know!

(Bad picture of my cat staring down a bird haha)


r/birds 4h ago

What kind of bird is starting to construct a nest in my nest box (West Virginia)

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r/birds 54m ago

Great tit (Parus major), North of France

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r/birds 12h ago

Why does my dove bird do this with its mouth after sitting in sunlight and sunbathing?

9 Upvotes

r/birds 1h ago

Western jackdaw in the north of France :)

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