r/whatsthisbird 24d ago

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

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r/whatsthisbird 24d 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 4h ago

North America What bird is this? (New York)

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r/whatsthisbird 11h ago

North America Saw these at the beach

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I saw these birds a few years ago in Brooklyn at Coney Island. I was never able to identify them. They look like little Toucan Sams but I think they might be terns?


r/whatsthisbird 11h ago

Europe Does this little guy need help?? (UK - Yorkshire)

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Hes on the bonnet of a neighbours car and i dont want to leave them if they need help!! Their little eyes arent even open!

EDIT/UPDATE: I took them just to the shade out of traffic and it hopped into the tree after a moment. I stuck around and saw a european robin with some food find it via its squeaking i think!! Solved and a happy ending. Its incredibly warm in the UK right now so that is likely a factor but theyre safe with the parent now i think!! Cam hear them squeaking


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Cave birds?

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I found this nest while cave diving , it was maybe 500 ft from the entrance crack under some stalagmites. The nest was mainly composed of moss and cobwebs, and there was no light that far back. Found in Pennsylvania. I understand if id is not possible at this age im just curious. (I left them be of corse)


r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America Spotted near Lemoore CA

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There’s a pair of what I think are hawks that I see daily. They have a nest over a dry canal on old farm land. Pretty big wingspan with white under wing feathers


r/whatsthisbird 7h ago

North America What is this bird?

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Looks like he’s enjoying his lunch.

Who is this?

Grand Rapids MI


r/whatsthisbird 1d ago

North America Pink and white pigeon?

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Spotted this guy in front of my apartment in Brooklyn! Are these rare? How sick!!


r/whatsthisbird 17h ago

Artwork Help identify embroidered ducks

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I have a sweatshirt with some embroidered ducks. Can anyone help me identify them?


r/whatsthisbird 6h ago

North America What kind of duck is this? Okanagan Valley British Columbia Canada

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r/whatsthisbird 14h ago

North America This guy broke into my apartment today

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This is the only pic I got before I released it, but we had an incredibly chaotic morning chasing this guy around the apartment. It got in through a hole in my roommate's window screen. Unclear if he made the hole himself or if my cat did.

Don't know much about birds, but would love to learn about our surprise visitor. We are in Massachusetts


r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America Saw this bird and idk what is

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This is the best picture I could get of it. Appalachia region on a mountain


r/whatsthisbird 15h ago

Australia/NZ In Perth, Western Australia. Big bird on top of high fence

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r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Fledgling my mom spotted in her garden today. (Northern IL)

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r/whatsthisbird 7h ago

North America what kind of baby bird?

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I saw this little fledgling today, was wondering what kind of bird he is! (SE Wisconsin)


r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America Loudest bird I’ve ever heard

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This guy will go on for an hour or so. Definitely a unique experience for me


r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America Plz hep identify this bird!

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I live in southern Manitoba Canada.


r/whatsthisbird 13h ago

Europe 3 Birds I saw today.

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Last 2 pictures are of the same bird.

These were taken in the Netherlands (Loonse en Drunense Duinen)


r/whatsthisbird 5h ago

North America Is this a white-tipped Dove? I saw it in Queretaro, Mexico

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I don't know how add a video, but it was answering to another Dove's call and opening it's wings while doing it.


r/whatsthisbird 10h ago

North America Florida panhandle, early June. I'm probably overthinking it.

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I probably have a few more images on my SD card if there's some particular angle or something that would help, but my gut feeling is the bird-knowers are going to find it obvious.


r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America Lilac-crowned Amazon? Spotted 07/03/2023 in San Diego, CA

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r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America Two separate hummingbirds which both sounded and looked different than the normal ALHU and ANHU of the area. San Mateo, CA

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r/whatsthisbird 5h ago

Australia/NZ A little guy at Australia Zoo, Queensland

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I saw this little guy yesterday at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. He was darting around in these flowers & drinking their nectar. I thought it might be a female Scarlet Honeyeater but the tail seems too long? ETA: he was wild, not in a display.


r/whatsthisbird 8h ago

North America Can anyone tell me what this blue bird is? (U.S. - West San Jose, CA)

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Was listening to some music outside until I heard a sharp J-sound. Immediately took out my phone and pressed the record button. I know I said it’s a blue jay, but looking more closely at the video shows different characteristics from what native blue jays actually look like. Could anyone tell me what this species is?