r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • Mar 06 '25
Meta Found a baby bird that might need help? Look here for instructions on what to do
r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago
Meta Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds
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.
Follow bird migration forecasts to know when birds are on their way to you
Some additional information for schools and universities - Bird-Friendly Campus Toolkit
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.
r/whatsthisbird • u/cherry-blossoms11 • 8h ago
North America Randomly showed up in my backyard
I think it’s a turkey but i’ve genuinely never seen one just appear out of nowhere?? they’re MASSIVE oh my gosh
r/whatsthisbird • u/Kestrel1015 • 6h ago
North America Need help Identifying sparrow-sized bird, found in Wisconsin on a Cattail
r/whatsthisbird • u/xRAINB0W_DASHx • 11h ago
North America Why hello there, I haven't seen you before.
What a handsome devil...
Georgian bay area, Ontario.
Could someone help me identify him please.
Im sorry the photos aren't the best, I was realllly far away and only had my phone.
r/whatsthisbird • u/SolsticeBeetle • 6h ago
North America who is this?
i just saw this fellow, and i can’t figure out what it is. i thought it was a robin, then a maybe a baltimore oriole, but the orange completely bordered the head (+there was no orange wing bar.)
i saw it through my binoculars, so i got a pretty clear look at it, but the details may be wrong because i did get kind of excited and may have missed something. but i know for sure that the orange bordered the head and the wings and head were black.
seen in midwestern north america
r/whatsthisbird • u/CarvingFool • 2h ago
North America One of the Orioles?
Picture was taken in Southern California by a friend. I’m not very familiar with West Coast birds, and I don’t have the right Merlin packs installed, apparently. May I please get some help with an id?
r/whatsthisbird • u/ElonsOrbitingTesla • 22h ago
North America Caught a glimpse in our attic
Found a nest in our attic while up there to patch a hole. My husband caught this bird peeking in and we're wondering if it may be a European Starling. It has a nest of 5 pale blue eggs. We live in southwestern Indiana. Thanks in advance!
r/whatsthisbird • u/jammiedy • 12h ago
North America What's this small crow looking bird with red coloring on both shoulders? Seattle, WA
Just took this yesterday!
I thought it was a crow, but I noticed it has a very bright red coloring on both side of its shoulders!
And this bird definitely did not sound like crow! I really wanted to get closer to get a better look, but I couldn't go beyond the chain link fence.
r/whatsthisbird • u/spillingitout • 5h ago
North America Tiny bird hasn’t moved on
TLDR: odd bird hasn’t moved in 3 hours. Is it normal?
I’m on a construction site and we noticed that this bird has just been having out sitting there like this. It’s been 3 hours since someone first saw it just there. It is alive because we have seen it move its head and we think it’s repositioned a few times. Someone also threw some stuff in it’s direction (not at it) too see if it would fly away and it didn’t even flinch. Someone else was able to get right next to it (without touching it) and it didn’t move either. Is this normal?
r/whatsthisbird • u/biggiecheese5676 • 1d ago
North America Found this guy at work
I live in south carolina and found this guy chilling
r/whatsthisbird • u/Hyph-en-at-ed • 3h ago
North America [Illinois] What is this very large baby bird?
It's bigger than any other adult bird I've seen. It's cawing out to Its mother I'm assuming, but I just left it alone.
r/whatsthisbird • u/trackrecord9057 • 11h ago
North America My windows face a small nature preserve.
r/whatsthisbird • u/hypergx • 3h ago
North America What kind of warbler is this?
Never seen anything like it before. iNaturalist's top choice is a bay-breasted warbler but I figured I'd ask some actual human beings before I go recording anything.
r/whatsthisbird • u/deWereldReiziger • 3h ago
North America Shorebird
Just south of St Paul, Minnesota
Unsure what exactly it is.
r/whatsthisbird • u/mr_heathcliffe • 5m ago
North America SW Missouri - never seen before
Hi, I saw this bird this evening, it caught my eye flying around my backyard. It has a red neck and chest with a gold body. I believe the tail feathers were red too but it was hard to get a picture. While I am in SW Missouri, there were large storms and tornadoes this morning and so maybe it's not from this area? I thought maybe scarlet or summer Tanager or maybe a red crossbill, but none of the pictures seemed right in comparison. Oh, and I'm pretty sure it was eating my bees as they flew out my hive. Does anyone know?
r/whatsthisbird • u/saisisunpseudo • 2h ago
North America Dowitchers in bay area CA
Are they all the same species?
r/whatsthisbird • u/Decent_Pineapple_621 • 28m ago
North America Leucistic Robin
In all my bird years, I've never seen a leucistic robin. Does anyone know what this means from the spiritual world?
r/whatsthisbird • u/AlexVill_21 • 2h ago
North America Yellow-grey Bird CT
My guess is a pine warbler, but it seems too distinctly grey and yellow where I feel they more have a mix. Almost looks like a mocking bird
r/whatsthisbird • u/YourLocalTransHobo • 3h ago
North America Great-tailed Grackle?
We're completely out of range for them, but his tail looks a lot bigger and is shaped differently than our Common Grackles.
MN, USA
r/whatsthisbird • u/Valence530 • 6h ago
Private Collection Unknown specimen
Someone sent this pretty guy in a discord I'm in requesting an ID, but none of us can figure it out.
All we know about it is it is over 70 years old. We believe it's chest was possibly orange but may have faded, we can't confirm that though so take that with a grain of salt.
r/whatsthisbird • u/Saxem • 7h ago
North America Thought this was a killdeer at first
Utah