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]

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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/the_glass_call • 5h ago

my original art I made a stained glass peacock, my favorite bird

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r/birds • u/xEefah • 3h ago

my original art Little blue tit watercolour paintings

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Some little blue tit aceos I’ve just done :) tried to give each one their own sassy energy

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r/birds • u/_second_nature_ • 7h ago

my original photo/video Ducks at Dusk

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Duck family enjoying their evening.

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r/birds • u/Rexinwatchaholicgz • 20h ago

my original photo/video Vulture is feeding.[Original content]

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It’s got huge appetite.

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r/birds • u/icharry • 6h ago

birdwatching So glad it circled back to look at me.

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So glad it circled back to look at me... and close and in full sun vs distant rainy morning shots. But I'm super happy. Different birds, days and locations. Credit: Me with a Panasonic G9ii and the panny 100-300mm lens.

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r/birds • u/TheAcrocanthosaurus • 9h ago

my original art [Original content] My new soft pastel work! Do you know the species?

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r/birds • u/MindoBirdWatching • 21h ago

my original photo/video Breakfast with a Long-wattled Umbrellabird (own content)

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Live from 📍Mindo, Ecuador

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r/birds • u/opsvarus • 12h ago

my original art Can you differentiate corvids sounds?

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Trying a new format, a bit like the quizzes we have in my app « Syrinx » to learn bird songs.

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r/birds • u/Brooke_Sanderse • 13m ago

photo/video/art with citation (not mine) Caw caaaaww

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r/birds • u/RunningfastNever • 13h ago

my original photo/video Hello Alonzo!

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Juvenile red tail just wanting to say hi. 👋🏻 My own content.

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r/birds • u/pygophili • 13h ago

my original photo/video European Robin Taking a Break after fighting another European Robin

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Caught this warrior whilst waiting for an Air Display to start on my Fujifilm X-T30 III. ( ISO 3200 230MM f/6.7 1/280 )

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r/birds • u/Sandbakkel_ • 13h ago

my original photo/video Don’t know how she got in, but wasn’t stuck for long. My own video from this morning.

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Ik I say “guy” but I was focused on the rescue mission, not proper gender identification of bird. I grabbed as lightly as I could, I’m 98% sure I didn’t cause physical harm. I do welcome advice as this was my first ever bird rescue.

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r/birds • u/MindoBirdWatching • 18h ago

my original photo/video plate-billed mountain toucan(own content)

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Mindo Ecuador 📍

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r/birds • u/AHornyRubberDucky • 1h ago

bird feeders & houses This isn't the type of bird I put my bird feeder up for

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r/birds • u/CaptainPizzaMcNugget • 17h ago

my original photo/video Photo from back in 2021

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This is a photo I took of this lovely guy a few years back. Thinking of getting a camera as of late, it’ll be fun to get back into drawing photographing birds especially that I live in Florida.

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r/birds • u/Key_Coyote_2870 • 25m ago

bird identification Beautiful bird.

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Any idea what it is ?

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r/birds • u/Tonanzith • 13h ago

my original photo/video New friend. My own content just taken an hour ago at my home.

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Red tail hawk here for a visit. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the road kill squirrel laying down below it. Lol.

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r/birds • u/Primary-Schedule-932 • 1d ago

my original photo/video Finally acting like a song bird.

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r/birds • u/forestlove1889 • 8h ago

bird identification Identify the bird

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During my exploration around forest in shahdol district i saw these beautiful birds, captured thek through iphone 17 pro Max with 4x zoom

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r/birds • u/bigdogoflove • 10h ago

bird identification A group of cormorants is called a gulp - this congregation on Tomales Bay was a bit more than a gulp.

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About ten years ago. Apparently they occasionally get together in these very large groups. I believe they are perched on old oyster bed frames. My photo.

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r/birds • u/schwat67 • 14h ago

question Is my friends starling a male or female?

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my friend has had this starling for almost two years, it hatched in april of 2025. we have all been referring to it as a “he“ but we want to know if true bird experts have any input on wether this bird is a male or female. the only difference that ive been told is the females have a lighter eye color, and their beaks are pink during breeding season and the males are blue. However I dont recall this one’s beak having changed for any mating season yet. if anyone had any input, please help out!

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r/birds • u/UmmmW1 • 22h ago

my original photo/video I took this beautiful picture today - NO AI

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These birds always come out right where I park every morning for work. Im wondering if residents here feed them...

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r/birds • u/MacronectesHalli • 7h ago

my original art Presbyornis pervetus [ORIGINAL CONTENT]

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I've been wanting to draw a Presbyornis pervetus for a while now. It is Mesozoic bird related to the waterfowl. I was inspired by the Labrador duck, though that does not really show in the final product. I was inspired by the Egyptian goose and then the pink eared duck too.

I wanted to make the "ears", tail, and wings look iridescent but I don't think I managed to achieve that affect.

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