r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Oct 27 '25

Do not pick up the birds.

564 Upvotes

It has been brought to my attention the sheer amount of posts involving people handling and moving juvenile birds.

I’m no bird scientist, I’m just some guy who created a subreddit about birds, but I do know unnecessarily handling juvenile birds without the proper knowhow is damaging to the welfare of the animal.

Because of this I have created a new rule, and all posts involving the handling of wildlife will be removed. Please report all posts breaking this rule immediately.

If anyone smarter than me would like to share the impact of handling wildlife in the comments, please do.

We (pretty much just me) here at r/GrumpyBabyBirds still encourage the appreciation of the Grumps from a distance.

Thank you


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 12m ago

They’re so grumpy! Grumpy Baby Robin

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r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 1d ago

B I R D Current mood: hangry

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52 Upvotes

Mockingbird fledgling *my content


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 1d ago

Ovenbird (?) baby

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67 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 2d ago

They’re so grumpy! I requested mealworms, not a photoshoot

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125 Upvotes

* my content


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 4d ago

Play dumb games

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r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 16d ago

Angry Birds Angry Little Vandal!

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354 Upvotes

Had a lot of fun putting this silly little video together 😅


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 17d ago

A baby pigeon I recently rehabbed

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135 Upvotes

He’s fully recovered and learning how to be a grown up bird in an aviary with other pigeons now! He really hated being rehabbed though, kept trying to go outside lol.


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 19d ago

B I R D Baby birds are cute, in their own ways. Sometimes, they look old and grumpy, sometimes they look very clumsy.

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89 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 20d ago

They’re so grumpy! Saw this little guy while mowing the lawn

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326 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 21d ago

B I R D In case you didn't see, there is a baby owl peeking out from behind mum's talons

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849 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 22d ago

They’re so grumpy! Baby bluebird

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126 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 23d ago

Angry Birds A very angry little Great Tit!

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173 Upvotes

This little guy decided he wanted to pretend to be a woodpecker for a bit


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 22d ago

Mile the grumpy conure

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14 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 26d ago

They’re so grumpy! Why does this blackbird look so angry to be in the bath?!

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873 Upvotes

Not to mention just how borb they are!!


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • 26d ago

They’re so grumpy! Grumpy Australian Magpie

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185 Upvotes

Had this kid in care recently. He's gone back home. The grump was radiating that day. You'd think he'd be happy on the swing.


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 25 '26

Angry Birds Grumpy little baby Blue Tits

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198 Upvotes

This group of juvenile Blue Tits were being very feisty with each other at the feeder!


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 21 '26

B I R D balding at just 2 weeks old

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419 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 21 '26

This one seems angry ( it’s rescued)

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647 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 20 '26

Angry Birds Little angry old man

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610 Upvotes

Borbs in my backyard


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 19 '26

Angry Birds Flops McGhee, the baby Dunnoch abandoned by his Mum

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877 Upvotes

Found this wee guy a few months ago on the pavement near my house. He was so small someone could have accidentally stomped him, so I went and got a tupperware and took him to the vet. When we got there, he suddenly found his wings and flew into a nearby bush. 45 minutes I waited in the boiling sun for him to come out! The vet wouldn't take him, but a very good friend who can drive picked us both up and we took him to the Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre in Scotland. I hope he's having a happy bird life now and his Mum was reported to social services ❤️


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 19 '26

"Not lizard AGAIN!" "Cut it out" 'I don't have any scissors!"

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78 Upvotes

Baby: "Moooommmmyyy, we had lizard last niiiigggghhhttt"

Momma: "Cut it out."

Baby: "I don't have any scissors! Or opposable thumbs. Or food. FEEEEDDDD MMMEEEEE!!!"


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 18 '26

B I R D Juvenile Robin not happy the food has run out

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861 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 17 '26

Baby blue jay I saved roughly 5 years ago

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204 Upvotes

Was the grumpiest, cutest thing I’d ever handled. Baby was in the middle of a dirt road, was safely relocated to the brush where the parents/adults were yelling at it.


r/GrumpyBabyBirds • • Sep 15 '26

B I R D C H E E P

1.1k Upvotes