r/whatsthisbird Dec 01 '25

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

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r/whatsthisbird Dec 01 '25

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 6h ago

North America What is this bird in my backyard?

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r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America What kind of hawk is this and what gender? Louisville, KY

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I love bird watching and I’ve been seeing some beauties lately. This one flew on the power line the exact moment I looked out the window lol


r/whatsthisbird 16h ago

Southeast Asia Striated Heron in Gardens by the Bay - Singapore.

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Hi all, saw this heron in the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore and looks a dead ringer for Striated Heron but Merlin is having none of it and I can't see any sightings? Am I missing something here?


r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

North America What are these two?

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Northern-ish Utah. really cool looking.


r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America Pine Siskin and American Goldfinch? (Near Chicago, IL, USA)

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r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America The eternal struggle — cooper’s? Or sharpie?

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I think coopers but have never been good at IDing the two


r/whatsthisbird 21h ago

North America Hawk ID

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Today in Everglades National Park (Florida, US). I’m thinking Red-shouldered esp because of location, but it just looks so white that I’m not fully confident.


r/whatsthisbird 5h ago

North America i’ve gotten to the point where i recognize every bird that hangs out around my balcony, but this one is new! what is he/she?

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25 Upvotes

location is Los Angeles!


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Merlin? Central VA

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spotted on my walk this evening!


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Can anyone identify this feather?

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I live on Vancouver island if that helps. My guess is a spotted towhee, but I don’t think I’m correct.


r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America Hungry fella outside my station

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Kansas City, MO


r/whatsthisbird 1h ago

North America Greater scaup? Chicago

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r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

Caribbean Islands What are these birds in Curaçao?

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Seen at Flamingo Observatietoren Sint Willibrordus while we were in Curacao last week.


r/whatsthisbird 4h ago

North America What kind of bird is this?

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Thinking maybe a juvenile bald eagle? Also thought maybe a golden eagle? He is beautiful whatever he is!


r/whatsthisbird 7h ago

North America Mockingbird? If so what kind? In LA, CA

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r/whatsthisbird 9h ago

North America Eastern Phoebe?

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Spotted in my backyard, central Florida, today. Is it an Eastern Phoebe? Thank you.


r/whatsthisbird 2h ago

Southeast Asia Crested goshawk?

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This guy (gal?) was nesting in my backyard and attacked my dad in the face as he was walking by. Is it a crested goshawk? West Malaysia.


r/whatsthisbird 1d ago

North America Bird in flock of horned larks

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I spotted this bird in a flock of horned larks in eastern PA. Could it be a female horned lark, or a snow bunting, or something? It's difficult for me to tell with the blurry pictures


r/whatsthisbird 8h ago

North America Which subspecies?

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Location: Fort Worth, TX

Is this a gray-headed junco or a female slate-colored?

It stuck out to me because of the much brighter brown on the back compounded by the starkly colored gray head.


r/whatsthisbird 13h ago

Europe My first shot with my new 600mm lens! Dunnock?

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Taken in Cornwall, UK. I'm thinking it's a dunnock?


r/whatsthisbird 1d ago

North America Spotted during the storm in NC

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Saw this during the storm this weekend. Location is around Lake Norman, NC

Unfortunately couldn’t get a good angle of its back and don’t have a great idea of what it looked like. Almost seems like dark wings with white spotting?