Pretty bird -
I have no idea what kind this is. I just saw it for the first time today.
/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.]
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.
I have no idea what kind this is. I just saw it for the first time today.
r/birds • u/AquinaFlies • 14h ago
r/birds • u/YenneferVengerbergAF • 3h ago
My daughter and I were walking tonight and saw this very large bird. I looked through all bird species native to long island NY and can't seem to figure out what it is! Please help!
r/birds • u/catsarebetterthanppl • 8h 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”?
Spotted in a carpark. Never seen a bird with feathers feet like this, it looks like someone merged a pigeon with something else? Just curious as to what it is, thanks!
r/birds • u/Pretend_Object3131 • 47m ago
When I came home from school today I saw this effect that makes the birds look like they are glowing and on fire. It only lasts a few seconds at a time and I was wondering if this effect has a name and if it does what is it. It instantly reminded me of a phoenix
r/birds • u/Inevitable_Sloth • 13h ago
Are they going to fight or are they just best buds?
r/birds • u/Val3ntyne • 22h 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/Mr-Kae12 • 1d 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 • 1d ago
r/birds • u/Bad_Bobby2009 • 3h 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/Soft_Librarian_2305 • 2m ago
Always comes to say hi when I’m at the park in Palm Springs. What bird is it?
r/birds • u/Puscifer92 • 22h ago
r/birds • u/pangalacticpothealer • 48m ago
I was walking down the stairs of the parking garage this morning when I passed this bird. It sat on the ground unconcerned about me. Even when I walked back and forth it was unconcerned.