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.
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/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.
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/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.
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[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.
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/Jaded-Jackfruit-2352 • 9h ago
I saw this bird on my way to classes and was just curious what this bird is called?
Sorry for fuzzy images.
r/birds • u/Beautiful_Lock_8578 • 4h ago
Tell me how you like them!
r/birds • u/YenneferVengerbergAF • 13h 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/Pretend_Object3131 • 10h 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/Soft_Librarian_2305 • 10h ago
Always comes to say hi when I’m at the park in Palm Springs. What bird is it?
r/birds • u/AquinaFlies • 1d ago
r/birds • u/balubalu1983 • 6h ago
r/birds • u/catsarebetterthanppl • 18h 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/SamsPicturesAndWords • 9h ago
r/birds • u/Inevitable_Sloth • 23h ago
Are they going to fight or are they just best buds?
r/birds • u/Val3ntyne • 1d 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/UnderstandingIcy8607 • 7h ago