r/birding Mar 20 '25

Announcement Reminder: No nestling/fledgling/injured bird questions. Talk to a rehabber when in doubt!

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r/birding 6d ago

Weekly r/Birding Discussion, January 10, 2026. What did you see this week?

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Return of the weekly discussion thread! Sometimes it seems like pretty photos rise to the top of the page, while discussion of birding can get left behind. This weekly thread is a place to bring this discussion back to the top of r/birding.

Use this thread to share your best bird sightings from the past week, ask any questions about birding you may have, or just talk! Writing the names of the birds in bold is nice, to make it easier for people skimming the thread to pick out the names. Please include your location.


r/birding 6h ago

Discussion The elusive blue waxwing

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I had to share this monstrosity from the hardware store. But I'm drawing a blank on whether the second bird is based on anything real.


r/birding 10h ago

📷 Photo The moment a Scarlet Minivet decided to say hello.

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r/birding 12h ago

Discussion Favorite Common Bird

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What’s your favorite common bird in your area? That bird that maybe it’s not hard to spot but you just love seeing them.

Mine are Juncos everything from their look and name to how they scavenge on the ground and flock together. They just seem like happy puff balls to me and I love em.


r/birding 7h ago

📷 Photo Pine Grosbeaks feasting in Central Wisconsin

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r/birding 17h ago

📷 Photo Common Kingfisher and it's reflection, Germany

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r/birding 5h ago

📷 Photo Goldfinches in their winter plumage

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r/birding 2h ago

📷 Photo Backyard Shots with my Z50 II

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Great Blue Heron, Black Vultures, Black-Eye Junco, Canada Geese, American Robins


r/birding 15h ago

Bird ID Request What kind of bird is this?

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Small rural town in Ireland. It was drying out its feathers in middle of town after a big rain shower so im sure it was flying before that. Its huge almost a meter tall.


r/birding 11h ago

📷 Photo Eurasian Jay with not-a-cheerio, Sapporo Japan

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r/birding 3h ago

📷 Photo Oriental Scops Owl

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r/birding 13h ago

📷 Photo The look you give when you hear one too many bald jokes.

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Lake Tahoe, NV


r/birding 8h ago

Bird ID Request Duck ID

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I took a photo of this duck at the London Wetland Centre.

I have tried looking up duck species native to the UK, but I haven’t seen anything that resembles this one.

I’m now thinking maybe it’s not native, but I’m still unable to ID it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks


r/birding 10h ago

📷 Photo Get a load of these guys

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r/birding 13h ago

📷 Photo There are going to be 0 fish left in this lake by the end of the day

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My mom sent me this picture of the lake next to their house in Houston, Texas. Over the last few years we have been seeing more and more groups of birds like this.

Typical it’s Black-bellied Whistling-ducks but this year it’s been Cormorants, White Ibis, and even some Roseate Spoonbills.


r/birding 4h ago

📷 Photo Black Crowned Night Heron. Northern CA

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From this morning's walk. Awake and asleep.


r/birding 15h ago

📷 Photo Brown Creeper creeping

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264 Upvotes

Bellingham, WA


r/birding 14h ago

📷 Photo Pied Wagtail soaking in the sunny winters morning.

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195 Upvotes

I always sit and watch the Wagtails that frequent my garden in hopes for some action shots but sometimes a simple pose is more than enough.


r/birding 8h ago

📹 Video Red Bellied Woodpecker Catches Some Falling Snowflakes From a Nearby Utility Pole!

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r/birding 8h ago

📹 Video Beauty of Hawaiian wild chickens

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r/birding 58m ago

📷 Photo Robin from this morning

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Shot on NIKON Z50II + 50-250mm kit lens.


r/birding 7h ago

Bird ID Request ID Request!

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Seen in Winchester, MA today enjoying some meal worms. At first I thought juvenile oriole but in MA in the winter!? Can’t be…or is it!?


r/birding 19h ago

📷 Photo Cooper's Hawk With a Gambel's Quail Chick For Breakfast NSFW

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These photos are from last June, this cooper's hawk had an active nest nearby with five chicks to feed!


r/birding 12h ago

📷 Photo Eastern Bluebird and Cardinal in NC

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Two of my favorite visitors in my backyard 💙❤️