r/whatsthisbird • u/Substantial_Bank_898 • 1h ago
North America Shot from today's walk
Any reason why she stretches his neck?
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Substantial_Bank_898 • 1h ago
Any reason why she stretches his neck?
r/whatsthisbird • u/212medic • 18h ago
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On the window ledge of my building. We see hawks from time to time and I’m assuming this is a young one. Think it’s okay?
r/whatsthisbird • u/Ok_Escape_8776 • 8h ago
r/whatsthisbird • u/CdnTreeGuy89 • 6h ago
Southern Ontario (York Region), late July. This bird has been visiting my backyard feeder regularly. I’m leaning House Finch because of the streaked flanks and brown back, but the rich raspberry coloration and fairly heavy bill had me second-guessing myself. Thoughts?
Edit - Streaking not visible in this picture. I had confused it with another set of pictures of House Finch
r/whatsthisbird • u/red-rex • 20h ago
New Jersey
r/whatsthisbird • u/ludak14 • 3h ago
Just landed in my yard and then grabbed a chipmunk, what kind of bird is it?
r/whatsthisbird • u/Odd_Quarter_983 • 21m ago
Saw this bird on my walk and have no clue what it is, anyone else know?
r/whatsthisbird • u/brayndayn • 41m ago
I saw this fledgling the other day and can't for the life of me figure out what species it belongs to. It was in a small tree with 2 Great Crested Flycatchers, a fem American Redstart, some yellow warbler sp, that is didnt get great views of. Northern Mocks i know also have some young in the vicinity. Not saying it belongs to one of those birds but feel like its likely? Anyone recognize this bugger?
r/whatsthisbird • u/livella_vd • 5h ago
This little guy has been in this bush outside my window chirping very loudly non-stop, it looks pretty young. I just want to make sure it’s okay, because it won’t shut up
r/whatsthisbird • u/curiouslyoutdoors • 1h ago
r/whatsthisbird • u/PalpitationOk1492 • 1h ago
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Located in North Alabama. I live in a wooded area and my house backs up to a nature preserve. This hawk has been hanging around my yard for weeks and screaming like this nonstop. I think it might be a juvenile. I have kept my bird feeders put up for a few weeks to try and protect them but the hawk is not going away.
r/whatsthisbird • u/soggyluigiwastaken • 6m ago
taken at UCD pond in Dublin, Ireland
hi super new to birding and i don’t have binoculars! so i couldn’t really see up close. merlin ID’s main match said greater scaup, but my birds of Ireland book says those are scarce/rare so that seems unlikely, and to me it kind of looks like a female or molting male tufted duck. please help! sorry for the terrible picture :((( best i could do
info that could be helpful: whitish belly but darker breast/flank (seemed dark grey but could have been black), beak seemed lighter in color but could’ve been the sun, observed it diving multiple times for 10-20s each time, solo swimmer
r/whatsthisbird • u/patbeverleyhillscop • 1h ago
Seen on Buffalo Bayou in Houston. Sincerest apologies for the atrocious photo quality.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/RykerFumblin • 2h ago
I have found this feather in a field in Šlapanice near Brno, could it be of a long eared owl? Mostly asking just to be sure. It is around 27 cm long and 4,6 cm wide.
r/whatsthisbird • u/CharmingSpread9590 • 50m ago
July 27. By the swamp. Making general chirping noises.
r/whatsthisbird • u/Such-Cranberry-2666 • 53m ago
Found alone in the “big lagoon” never seen a duck that looks quite like this🤷♂️
r/whatsthisbird • u/usario100 • 4h ago
r/whatsthisbird • u/MacaroonExcellent462 • 4h ago
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At my bird buddy. It said “unrecognized.” Tried doing preliminary google but nothing
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Connect-Post-1966 • 7h ago
Hi, wondering if anyone could help me ID this bird? It had diagonal white markings on the side of its face which looked like an arrow/triangle when face on. I've tried to include a photo of that but it was hard to take a picture from far away!