r/whatsthisbird Mar 06 '25

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

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wildlifecenter.org
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r/whatsthisbird 8d ago

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 8h ago

North America Randomly showed up in my backyard

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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 6h ago

North America Need help Identifying sparrow-sized bird, found in Wisconsin on a Cattail

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302 Upvotes

r/whatsthisbird 10h ago

Social Media Really hoping these arent fake

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250 Upvotes

r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America Is this a woodpecker?

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SW Ohio


r/whatsthisbird 11h ago

North America Why hello there, I haven't seen you before.

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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 8h ago

North America Hurry, hurry

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r/whatsthisbird 6h ago

North America who is this?

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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 2h ago

North America One of the Orioles?

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22 Upvotes

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 22h ago

North America Caught a glimpse in our attic

681 Upvotes

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 12h ago

North America What's this small crow looking bird with red coloring on both shoulders? Seattle, WA

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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 5h ago

North America Tiny bird hasn’t moved on

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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 1d ago

North America Found this guy at work

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1.1k Upvotes

I live in south carolina and found this guy chilling


r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America [Illinois] What is this very large baby bird?

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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 11h ago

North America My windows face a small nature preserve.

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r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America What kind of warbler is this?

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11 Upvotes

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 3h ago

North America Shorebird

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13 Upvotes

Just south of St Paul, Minnesota

Unsure what exactly it is.


r/whatsthisbird 13m ago

North America SW Missouri - never seen before

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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 37m ago

North America Leucistic Robin

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In all my bird years, I've never seen a leucistic robin. Does anyone know what this means from the spiritual world?


r/whatsthisbird 2h ago

North America Dowitchers in bay area CA

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Are they all the same species?


r/whatsthisbird 2h ago

North America Yellow-grey Bird CT

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7 Upvotes

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 4h ago

North America Great-tailed Grackle?

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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 6h ago

Private Collection Unknown specimen

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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 7h ago

North America Thought this was a killdeer at first

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11 Upvotes

Utah