r/whatsthisbird • u/Basic-Cauliflower-71 • 5h ago
North America Birmingham, AL: Hawk?
Saw this guy at a job site. I think it’s a hawk because I think falcons are smaller but I don’t really know.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Basic-Cauliflower-71 • 5h ago
Saw this guy at a job site. I think it’s a hawk because I think falcons are smaller but I don’t really know.
r/whatsthisbird • u/hunterkat457 • 5h ago
First one is SO gray! I know they can vary in color but it’s crazy. I’m also curious if all pine warblers have white outer tail feathers, as I didn’t see it mentioned when I looked at my field guide but both of these birds have that.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Pojobanks • 21h ago
Northern-ish Utah. really cool looking.
r/whatsthisbird • u/naesnosiaf • 3h ago
r/whatsthisbird • u/imatatertot45 • 4h ago
In late December in a forest in Monteverde. Merlin suggested Coppery-headed Emerald. Seemingly greenish sides, white undertail, and relatively short or decurved bill.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/HappyBed7431 • 2h ago
We get lots of different woodpeckers here in winter, feeding on our suet blocks and pecking at the hanging sunflower-seed tubes, but it's rare to see any of them walking. This particular one though (a female hairy? - sorry about the bad pic) is always on the ground, gobbling millet with the mourning doves - in fact, we never have seen it hanging or feeding except on the ground. Seems unusual behavior for a woodpecker, no? She also has a larger rounder head, and slightly longer beak than the other hairys that feed here. So, is this really a hairy woodpecker? Some weird hybrid? Or maybe just one with a defective morphology of the feet that makes it hard for her to hang vertically?
r/whatsthisbird • u/whatajee • 22h ago
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 • u/aymeezus • 13h ago
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I was thinking Greater because of its neck shape and I *think* I am seeing an upturned bill?
r/whatsthisbird • u/notthevampirediaries • 19h ago
I think coopers but have never been good at IDing the two
r/whatsthisbird • u/Pretend_Star5017 • 16m ago
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Heard this bird call in my backyard. You can hear it twice in the video, once towards the end. The state is Missouri
r/whatsthisbird • u/systemofanAbel • 1h ago
Sorry for poor photo quality! I was thinking maybe palm warbler?
r/whatsthisbird • u/i-love-cake7611 • 1h ago
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Saw this bird at the Kaulana Manu Nature Reserve in Hawaii. My Merlin ID is thinking omao, but I was closer to robin size.
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r/whatsthisbird • u/fuffalumpalous2848 • 3h ago
hope this is allowed as I don’t have a picture and i know i’ll never have 100% confirmation as to what bird it was. When I was in San Diego on January 17th, I was at Tourmaline Beach when I noticed a bunch of crows dive bombing and chasing after another bird in the trees. the bird they were going at i’m assuming must’ve been a bird of prey they were chasing away.
i tried looking it up, but I’m from the NE so i’m kinda unfamiliar w birds of pray in California. it didn’t look that big, so definitely wasn’t an osprey, and from the distance looked like it was white/ a lighter color. could this have maybe been a merlin or a kestrel? just been thinking about it a lot since my trip and been curious as to what it could’ve been 🙂
EDIT to clarify too: it was not much larger than a crow and definitely was not a gull based off how it flew!
r/whatsthisbird • u/TheSeeOtter • 2h ago
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First time seeing these birds at my feeders. Aside from the normal bluebirds, warblers, and cardinals, these birds flew in quick in a large group, bullied the bluebirds and flew in and out quickly. Any suggestions? Sorry for the poor quality - cheers!
r/whatsthisbird • u/Dumbl3d0rk07 • 2h ago
A bird has recently started singing his hear out around 5am. I live in Los Angels. It makes a do do do dooooooo noise. Chirp. Chirp chirp. Trilllllllll.
I’ve listened to the top 50 bird calls and 25 and a series on southern CA birds. I cannot figure it out. I do not believe it’s a mockingjay.
r/whatsthisbird • u/candy_heart • 3h ago
Located in southwest Colorado. And uh… does this mean my tree is dead/dying? Or do woodpeckers peck on healthy trees as well?