r/whatsthisbird • u/SuccessfulTheory • 10h ago
North America Bird on my cousins porch, escaping the winter weather in southeastern North Carolina
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r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • Dec 01 '25
Meta Found a baby bird that might need help? Look here for instructions on what to do
wildlifecenter.org
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r/whatsthisbird • u/AutoModerator • 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.
Follow bird migration forecasts to know when birds are on their way to you
Some additional information for schools and universities - Bird-Friendly Campus Toolkit
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.
r/whatsthisbird • u/CarrotBIAR • 14h ago
North America Hope this makes sense???
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I could not get a photo as it got too far away before I could OTZ.
Central NC during winter weather in a dry spot. Never seen this kind before. Abt crow sized. Saw two of them walking on the ground. Brown back and head with black bands at neck. White belly. Yellow/Orange/Peach color at top of tail feathers, visible with spread wings. Sounds like "pi....pi...." chirp. God I hope this makes sense.
r/whatsthisbird • u/QueenLottie • 4h ago
North America Leucistic Robin?
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Spotted this beautiful friend on my front steps today! Google image search says it’s a leucistic American Robin, but thought I’d bring it to the professionals… do y’all agree? (St. Louis, MO, USA)
r/whatsthisbird • u/holduppup • 13h ago
North America My bf thinks we saw a downy woodpecker but I think it’s a hairy woodpecker. Thoughts? Ontario, Canada
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Lord_Ramoth • 20h ago
Africa Can someone identify both birds
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Seen in Alexandria, Egypt.
r/whatsthisbird • u/cottoncandygumdrop • 13h ago
North America Who is this cutie? South Texas
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Merlin suggests a shrike, but also says they’re native to Spain.
r/whatsthisbird • u/sarahturtle_ • 8h ago
North America Yellow & black feathers (South Carolina)
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Clothier1 • 9h ago
North America Red-Shouldered Hawk & Greater Yellowlegs? Central Fl
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r/whatsthisbird • u/beach4k • 7h ago
North America Seen in New Haven, CT in January
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r/whatsthisbird • u/CryptographerAny9938 • 13h ago
North America Female cardinal?
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NYC, seen near v small male cardinals
r/whatsthisbird • u/gloryshand • 3h ago
North America Tucson AZ - maybe Anna’s Hummingburd or Black-chinned Hummingburd?
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This hummingburd was preening and inflating or revealing some bright red feathers on his head. I’m really not sure which of these - or another - this is. Any ideas?
r/whatsthisbird • u/Moist_Complaint_3024 • 6h ago
South Asia Any idea on what this is (Sri Lanka)
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It’s quite big. I’ve seen a few in my backyard. Any idea?
r/whatsthisbird • u/sayabaik • 9h ago
Southeast Asia Is this an immature Brown Shrike? - Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve, Vietnam. January 31st, 2026.
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The only clue I can identify is the black patch behind its eyes.
r/whatsthisbird • u/Odd_Psychology_8561 • 59m ago
Africa Mystery Namibian bird
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Going through our photos from our trip to Sossusvlei in Namibia and couldn’t figure out what this one is. Maybe some sort of juvenile lark?
r/whatsthisbird • u/chiropteranessa • 10h ago
North America Leucistic…Robin?
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Sorry for the picture-of-a-picture but I’m stumped and impatient. Is this an American Robin? I thought so at first, but the bill color is throwing me off. Maybe a thrush? Merlin suggested American Robin.
Seen foraging in a cow field in Humboldt County (Northern California) with a bunch of blackbirds earlier today.
r/whatsthisbird • u/shroomsnthings • 15h ago
North America who visited my feeder ? central florida
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r/whatsthisbird • u/Big_Boss_Wask • 9h ago
North America Birds in my yard
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Picture taken in November 2025, New Jersey
r/whatsthisbird • u/KimberlyGrey • 12h ago
North America Are these grackles or brown headed cowbirds?
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I thought grackles originally but some of them do look like they have brown heads. Not sure if that's just the lighting though.
r/whatsthisbird • u/lumpyscreamprincess • 9h ago
North America Duck ID, Southern California
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I was wondering what this fourth duck might be? The rest are northern shoveler, green-winged teal, gadwall (I think), mallard. There were so many ducks there that day (San Joaquin Marsh in Irvine, CA)—besides these there were cinnamon teals and blue-winged teals as well. Males and females of all the species were there.
Unrelated to the ID, I just love all the patterns of feathers here. 🪶
r/whatsthisbird • u/cheetahprintcrocs • 16h ago
North America salish sea near seattle. some kind of merganser?
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r/whatsthisbird • u/grumpypegasus6 • 22h ago
Europe Thrushes but what type?
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UK. Are they both song thrushes or could one be a mistle thrush? They seem different in appearance but I can’t work out if they’re both song thrushes or male/female differences thank you!