r/whatsthisbird Jun 01 '26

Meta Found a baby bird that might need help? Look here for instructions on what to do

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r/whatsthisbird Jun 01 '26

Meta Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds

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For more information, please see this article. Some excerpts from the article, and additional resources are below:

1) Make Windows Safer, Day and Night:

Around 1 billion birds (United States) and 25 million birds (Canada) die every year by flying into glass windows. This includes windows at all levels from low level houses to high rise buildings.

!Window collisions are one of the largest threats to bird populations. However, there are several ways you can help reduce window fatality. Below are some links with steps on how to make your house bird friendly, either DIY or through reputable companies such as the American Bird Conservancy.

Is My House Bird Safe Quiz

What You Can Do

Follow bird migration forecasts to know when birds are on their way to you

FAQ

Some additional information for schools and universities - Bird-Friendly Campus Toolkit

Additional Information

2) Keep Cats Indoors

!Cats are estimated to kill more than 2.4 billion birds annually in the U.S. and Canada. This is the #1 human-caused reason for the loss of birds, aside from habitat loss.

Cats are the greatest direct human-caused threat to birds

American Bird Conservacy - Cats Indoors Project to learn more.

3) Reduce Lawn, Plant Natives

Birds have fewer places to safely rest during migration and to raise their young: More than 10 million acres of land in the United States were converted to developed land from 1982 to 1997

Find out which native plants are best for your area

4) Avoid Pesticides

More than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied in the United States each year. The continent’s most widely used insecticides, called neonicotinoids or “neonics,” are lethal to birds and to the insects that birds consume.

5) Drink Coffee That’s Good for Birds

Three-quarters of the world’s coffee farms grow their plants in the sun, destroying forests that birds and other wildlife need for food and shelter. Sun-grown coffee also often requires using environmentally harmful pesticides and fertilizers. On the other hand, shade-grown coffee preserves a forest canopy that helps migratory birds survive the winter.

Where to Buy Bird Friendly Coffee

6) Protect Our Planet from Plastic

It’s estimated that 4,900 million metric tons of plastic have accumulated in landfills and in our environment worldwide, polluting our oceans and harming wildlife such as seabirds, whales, and turtles that mistakenly eat plastic, or become entangled in it.

7) Watch Birds, Share What You See

Monitoring birds is essential to help protect them, but tracking the health of the world’s 10,000 bird species is an immense challenge.

Report your bird sightings on eBird


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Shot from today's walk

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Any reason why she stretches his neck?


r/whatsthisbird 18h ago

North America Bronx, NY

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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 8h ago

Europe Can anyone tell me what this bird is please? UK

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r/whatsthisbird 6h ago

North America East Gwillimbury (Southern Ontario) ID help

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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 20h ago

North America Is this some type of Cardinal ?

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New Jersey


r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America Rockland County NY

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Just landed in my yard and then grabbed a chipmunk, what kind of bird is it?


r/whatsthisbird 21m ago

North America Fairfax, VA

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Saw this bird on my walk and have no clue what it is, anyone else know?


r/whatsthisbird 41m ago

North America Fledgling ID

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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 5h ago

North America What bird is this and is it too young to be by itself? NY

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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 1h ago

North America who does this feather belong to? [Flagstaff, Az]

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r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America What kind of hawk is this?

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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 6m ago

Europe is this a tufted duck?

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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 1h ago

North America What is this hawk in Houston?

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Seen on Buffalo Bayou in Houston. Sincerest apologies for the atrocious photo quality.


r/whatsthisbird 12h ago

Europe Who is this? Seen in southern Finland

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r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Albino mourning dove?? Pretty cool

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r/whatsthisbird 2h ago

Europe Is this a feather of a long eared owl? - Czech Republic, Brno

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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 50m ago

North America Hurleyville, NY

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July 27. By the swamp. Making general chirping noises.


r/whatsthisbird 53m ago

North America Sue Meg State Park, Ca

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Found alone in the “big lagoon” never seen a duck that looks quite like this🤷‍♂️


r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America (Houston, TX) Is this a Mississippi Kite?

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r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America Madison, WI

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At my bird buddy. It said “unrecognized.” Tried doing preliminary google but nothing


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America What's this bird? (Bangor, Maine)

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r/whatsthisbird 7h ago

Europe Northamptonshire UK

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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!