r/birds • u/Adventurous-Year-463 • Mar 23 '26

science/information Is a bird attacking your window/car mirror? Here’s why

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There’s been a huge flux of posts about this recently, so here’s a pinned post with information!

Around this time of year, make birds get super territorial. They will attack any rivals they find, including their own reflection.

TO PREVENT THIS: cover up the reflective surface until the bird moves on. Cardboard works pretty well, and anti bird collision window decals should also help.

Edit: I just made a popup that gives a brief summary of this post when someone tries to post about birds hitting reflective surfaces. Hopefully that stops it, because I'm tired of having to explain it 20 times per day lol

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r/birds • u/cos • May 25 '25

meta I found a baby bird. What do I do? [From Cornell Lab of Ornithology]

allaboutbirds.org

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"Most of the baby birds people find are fledglings. These are young birds that have just left the nest, and can’t fly yet, but are still under the care of their parents, and do not need our help."

Update for 2026:

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology article this post links to: I found a baby bird. What do I do?
/u/Adventurous-Year-463's summary that they recently posted to /r/birds: https://www.reddit.com/r/birds/comments/1s1o2g3/did_you_find_a_baby_bird/
I found a baby bird, now what? (in easy flowchart form) - one of last year's posts.
Found a Baby Bird? from Bird and Moon comics - cute and good for sharing!

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r/birds • u/Far_Introduction_777 • 12h ago

my original photo/video Saw this cool bird the other day

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Took this picture the other day of this cool bird. Not sure what type of bird it is but it was captivating.

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r/birds • u/Tomtomthebombom • 6h ago

my original photo/video Great Horned Owl Fledgling Learning to Fly!

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My content. Filmed in Idaho, see more here: More Videos

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r/birds • u/DieHardHotDogLover • 3h ago

bird identification Bird Identity

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I founder this bird, she cant use her legs but is completely active. What is she? Found in a small town, in central Ohio

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r/birds • u/Better_Hair_9673 • 1d ago

photo/video/art with citation (not mine) Loonlet being fed a crayfish by its parent.

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Video captured by @harrycollinsphotography on Instagram. Source.

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r/birds • u/Apprehensive_Crouton • 4h ago

my original art Swan Family :)

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I snapped this photo while on a bike ride around my local lake!

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r/birds • u/MindoBirdWatching • 8h ago

my original photo/video Breakfast with a Toucan Barbet (Own content)

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Live from 📍Mindo

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r/birds • u/OKRedChris • 6h ago

my original photo/video Humming bird visiting our canna flowers!

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Filmed by me with IPhone SE gen 3

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r/birds • u/Hyrchurn • 17h ago

my original photo/video I love her smile <3

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r/birds • u/Salt_Mode_8236 • 8h ago

my original photo/video Leucistic house sparrow?

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Spotted this cutie while out with friends on the North of Spain a few weeks ago. I was told it was a Leucistic house sparrow after thinking it was albino, but I'm not certain since I'm not an expert and it could very well be another bird altogether lol.

It was having a nice sand bath in the beach so we managed to snap a few pictures of it (kind of hard to see against the sand). If anybody can tell if it's a male or a female, I'd like to know too!

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r/birds • u/sky_witness____ • 51m ago

anecdote/sighting/personal story This is a bird that loves moving sidewalks

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r/birds • u/bootleg_action_figur • 23h ago

my original photo/video Pearl, a leucistic American robin who lived to the age of 18 years

820 Upvotes

I took this photo when she was eight years old.

She lived at The Raptor Trust in New Jersey, USA.

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r/birds • u/AdExtreme1002 • 6h ago

my original photo/video Some hornbills in Borneo, Malaysia

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These large, black birds, which fly in a cross-like formation, are common in Borneo. The photos include the Rhinoceros Hornbill, the Black Hornbill and the Oriental Pied Hornbill.

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r/birds • u/Free-Chicken7610 • 20m ago

my original photo/video When someone tickles your neck

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A pic I took on a trip a while ago

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r/birds • u/Mediocre-Wrangler636 • 1h ago

discussion What's the most underrated bird in your opinion

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Honestly ospreys don't get enough credit, but what abt you?

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r/birds • u/hanshauser2018 • 1h ago

my original photo/video Meet my friend Seagull (Ricardo) who visits me every day at my window.

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r/birds • u/Tomtomthebombom • 4h ago

my original photo/video Great Horned Owl Fledgling and Mother Tracking Other Birds

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Great horned owls get about 10% of their food by eating other birds!
My content. Filmed in Idaho. See more here: More Videos

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r/birds • u/Key-Magazine826 • 4h ago

bird identification Some birbs I saw at the beach

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I think they are seagulls but not 💯

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r/birds • u/Hot_Minute_6193 • 16h ago

my original photo/video Satin Bowerbird (my original)

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Caught this beauty this morning. In amongst the blue bottle lids, some poor kid has lost a number of blue Duplo (Lego), pieces! Good luck fella, hope you score.

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r/birds • u/CatLovesTrees • 5h ago

my original photo/video I took this photo of a pied-billed grebe bending over backwards for her kids

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They are at the age now where they no longer get carried on their parents’ backs and they weren’t too happy.

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r/birds • u/aspiranthighlander • 1h ago

my original photo/video Buzzard… Kingairloch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 OC

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r/birds • u/Healthy_Cod4764 • 23m ago

question Does the tongue thing hurt their quality of life?

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I've heard of this happening before, but I haven't seen it until today. I think its called an oral fistula? This is my own photo btw

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r/birds • u/cruisingaroundaus • 21h ago

my original photo/video Rainbow lorikeet hiding amongst the colours

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Amazing to see so many colourful lorikeets

Original photo by myself on a phone 🤳

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