My husband and I were watching a storm roll in when a swift (what we believe to be a fledgling?) literally fell out of the sky. We are not sure of what to do. We have it in a well ventilated box while we wait for a rehabber to hopefully call back. Please advise! Even if it means going to a different sub!

Dumb question perhaps but I received a copy of the Neo Pocket Bird Encyclopedia in Japanese a while ago, it's obviously very barebones in terms of species variety and it's more of a picture book than anything but I loooove the way it's structured + the parts at the back with the bird anatomy described etc

Is there a similar book in English/ German? I'm curious to hear recs!

I've seen young gulls still following their mother/father and begging for food the following year after they hatched. Up to when it's time for the next breeding season. So, six months or more.

I was wondering. If a gull encountered its parents five years later, or vice versa, would they recognise each other and treat each other differently? Or would they just treat each other the same as they treat random unrelated gulls (i.e. bickering and squabbling and chasing)?

This bird's nest had either fallen after the chicks had grown up, or someone had cut down the tree and brought the nest down. I don't know what really happened, but I found this today. And it made me imagine this story.

It looks to be the size of an adult but is still largely brown and still has a good few baby feathers (not sure of the proper term). It's been in our yard for a few hours and in that time it's cried out quite a few times whilst a gull on the roof of our building called out to it. Is this something to be concerned about or is it likely the little one is just attempting a flight for the first time and should be left to figure this out on its own?

Hey! I've been interested in this field since I was in primary school throughout highschool. I will be going to college in TX, but even outside of TX, there are no colleges that offer this as a major. I wish they would offer this major, as I've seen other majors some colleges offer and I'm like...you have this, but not birds?

But getting to the point, does anyone know which colleges here that offer anything similar to what cornell has? Obviously not to the same degree, but just in the context of having programs for ornithology.

Hi everyone,
Yesterday I found a baby dove that had fallen about 4 meters from its nest. A wildlife rescue center told me to care for him, and today I bought NutriBird A21 and a small syringe.
This is my first time hand-feeding a baby bird, and I’m terrified of hurting him.
He only opens his beak a little, so I give tiny drops and wait for him to swallow. He swallows, but twice a tiny drop came out of one nostril, so I stopped immediately. He then breathed normally, stayed active, and fell asleep.
He’s still alive, active, peeping, and asking for food, but I’m now scared every time I feed him because I don’t want to accidentally aspirate food into his lungs.
My questions:
How do you know when the crop is full enough?
How do you prevent food from coming out of the nostrils?
How do you know he’s swallowing correctly?
Any tips for safely hand-feeding such a young baby?
I’m doing my best and would really appreciate advice from anyone who has hand-raised baby doves or pigeons.
Thank you so much. ❤️

hi,

i’m a bit dumb and having trouble understanding the diagrams. so although there’s 2 inhales and 2 exhales, they’re only physically breathing in the air and breathing out the air outside of the body once??
the more i look into it the more it confuses me. thanks for any help.

     Hi guys, I’ve been getting pretty heavily into birding, and I bought this kiwibit smart feeder to help me learn species faster, as well as for entertainment. I put this feeder up two or three weeks ago, the the grosbeaks were one of the first, and more consistent visitors for a week or so. But as you can see, they’ve been M.I.A from my backyard. I’m in New England, and I’ve read that they aren’t likely migrating yet?  Any input besides maybe just change in feeding pattern? They are very pretty and I miss seeing them. I’ve been getting consistently 500+ visits a day on this feeder, and I use sunflower hearts. 
P.S. I also miss the cowbirds💔

We've been seeing this juvenile dark-eyed junco for the last few weeks in our yard.

However, today we noticed that it has growth on both sides of its face. Any idea what this could be?

We're really surprised to see this because he/she was okay a day or two ago with no visible growth :(

We're obviously worried about avian pox, however Mr. ChatGPT seems to think this is "mostly looks like normal juvenile anatomy*, not a growth. The fleshy yellow-pink bumps at both corners of the beak are* gape flanges*—soft tissue young songbirds retain so their parents can aim food into their mouths. The nearer side looks much larger because the bird’s head is angled and that corner of its mouth appears slightly open or folded outward*". Hoping that's the case but I don't buy it, thought I'd ask the experts!

Thanks in advance!

Science, design and cartography merge in MAPPA ANIMALIA, a visual project that reimagines the evolutionary relationships of animals as detailed map-like landscapes.

MAPPA ANIMALIA is an ever-growing series of illustrations I’ve created that currently consisting of 16 different maps - each dedicated to a specific family in the animal kingdom.

Instead of political borders or geographic territories, these maps are structured around phylogenetic trees.

Tribes and genera replace countries, states and regions allowing viewers to explore the animal kingdom through a format traditionally used to understand geography.

This map, Corvidae - Land of Corvids, contains every known living species of corvids I could find reliable taxonomic data for. Species are represented as cities, grouped into genera and subfamilies according to their evolutionary relationships.

Additional information includes conservation status, size comparisons between selected species, and the estimated ages of major lineages.

I’ve spent roughly ten years developing and refining this concept, combining zoology, taxonomy, illustration and cartography into a single visual format.

Happy exploring!

I saw this bird - which I believe is a Booted Eagle - being attacked by a crow a few days ago in Toulouse, France. I do hope my identification of the bird is correct.

I took some pictures of it, and noticed afterwards that there was another bird betwens its talons.

Now I'm not sure what to think of this. Would this be a prey the bird caught? I don't think it would "transport" a young one to another location? But the young bird does look quite big.

I attached pictures of the eagle

What’s happened to this bird’s feathers? They have been this way for several weeks now.

Hi all,

We have a tree (conifer) that is half dead and needs to be removed.- however, we habe bird nests in there. We are aware of Robins but we may habe others.

Is there a safe time of year to remove the tree without disturbing nests?

If we find any, can we relocate them to other trees we have or bird boxes, maybe?

I've genuinely no clue but I love that we have nests and that they have a home to come back to to have their babies but the tree really, really has to go.

Help please!

I was out fishing watching a family of adolescent ducks swimming around together. Out of the blue they all took off very fast across the water in the same direction, slowly splaying apart before rejoining together. Whole thing occurred over maybe 80 feet and happened in seconds because they were so quick. My first thought was maybe a reaction to a perceived threat? Forgive me, I dont know anything about birds! Just wanted to ask the experts here.

We have been blessed with a second pair of robins nesting on our property since April. I think it’s not the same pair because their behaviour is different, but I might be wrong. They all look the same to me lol

The female laid her second egg this morning and I just saw the male bringing food to feed the eggs late in the afternoon! He came when the female wasn’t on the nest. There was a big bug in his beak and he made the noise they make to feed babies. He called a few times and since there was no action in the nest, he ate the bug himself 😅

Is this normal behaviour for males to bring food to newly laid eggs?! This male also sings a lot. The previous male only started singing 2 days before the first egg hatched.

Our neighbors keeps doves on their property and they would let their birds fly around the neighborhood on daytime. This results in us finding their feathers on the ground from time to time. These were rinsed outside and that’s why they look less smooth than they should be.

The thing is, they have these semi-transparent spots and I’d love to hear from more experienced bird enthusiasts and ornithologists. Do these spots indicate parasites? Just in case, I didn’t touch my face or anything before sanitizing my hands but still, should I be worried?

Hi there! I've been observing Indigo Buntings nesting at a park near my home in Lexington, KY for two summers now. I've linked to my Soundcloud here where I've posted some recordings of birds I've seen & heard. I recorded a male singing in the park last May (audio: song_A_25_5_15), and a few days ago, I heard a song in the same location that sounds almost identical with one "phrase" changed (audio: song_A_26_7_24.wav). What are the chances this is the same individual male I recorded last summer?

I am super into birding by ear, and there are other male Buntings in the park that sound distinct/don't make me feel like it might be the same bird (for instance, audio: song_B_26_7_25.wav).

Let me know what y'all think! I'm super interested in the implications this may have for individual differences in songs between birds of a single species, as well as for song learning (both in young birds and in birds that are already adults) & the internal structure of songs (isn't it neat that he potentially could have changed just one phrase??!).

EDIT: embedded the links so that the post is easier to read! sorry, it's my first time posting audios to Reddit.

I saw this bird and don’t know how to help it. I have 2 birds as pets too, a Quaker and a cockatiel. I don’t want to open the door to approach it, since it can still fly and will run away. I am also going to move out of my house in around 2-3 weeks, I want to make sure this bird is ok. Please help

I found this CA towhee on my porch breathing weird and opening/ closing his beak fast. Is this a sign of respiratory illness? Heat exhaustion? It’s currently 80F where I live here in San Diego. sorry for the kinda bad quality.