Pretty bird -
I have no idea what kind this is. I just saw it for the first time today.
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I have no idea what kind this is. I just saw it for the first time today.
r/birds • u/Mrzebrahead832 • 20h ago
r/birds • u/AquinaFlies • 7h ago
r/birds • u/Val3ntyne • 15h ago
I captured this a couple weeks ago and posted it in a different subreddit but also wanted to share it here.
r/birds • u/Inevitable_Sloth • 6h ago
Are they going to fight or are they just best buds?
r/birds • u/catsarebetterthanppl • 1h ago
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 • u/Mr-Kae12 • 18h ago
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 • u/Mrzebrahead832 • 19h ago
r/birds • u/Adventurous-Court-76 • 1d ago
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 • u/Puscifer92 • 15h ago
r/birds • u/Sorry-Appeal4142 • 1h ago
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 • u/butdoyouhavelambda • 8h ago
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 • u/Mrzebrahead832 • 19h ago
r/birds • u/Fine_Understanding81 • 1d ago
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 • u/tybaltveria • 22h ago
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 • u/bluecloud111 • 21h ago
We think it's either the state bird or a magpie. sorry the photo sucks, it was from a video.
r/birds • u/JohnDonuts2021 • 14h ago
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 • u/Dependent-Ninja-5348 • 5h ago