r/birdwatching • • Dec 06 '19

Mod Post We’re here to save you from the chicken wing posts.

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Hi everyone!

u/Sunkisty’s redditrequest was granted a new mod team is here to save you from the chicken wing posts!

We would like to improve the sub and want your feedback and what you would like to see :)


r/birdwatching • • Dec 20 '20

Mod Post Quick hello + sub changes.

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Hi everyone!

So sorry I have been MIA from this sub. A lot has been going on this year and it’s been a bit difficult keeping up. However, I should be getting a new computer soon and will be way more active here.

We have had a few suggestions for sub changes and will be working on implementing:

  • A rule to include locations in posts. They can be as specific as your city or region you live in or just naming the country. But it will be required soon.

  • A rule regarding trying to sell things of your on the sub.

  • A wiki that will help beginners: such as listing bird feeders, any gear for birdwatching, what to do/who to call if a bird or owl has been injured near you, etc.

There are still questions about a discord server. We will be more than happy to create a discord server if that’s what you all would like so you can live share, chat and build a wholesome community there with each other.

Hope you all are staying safe! So sorry again for being gone for so long.


r/birdwatching • • 14h ago

Video A Yellow-throated Toucan (own content)

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279 Upvotes

Live from 📍Mindo, Ecuador


r/birdwatching • • 3h ago

Red-bellied woodpecker looking for a snack under shingles after some rain

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I've never really thought about it, but there are probably a lot of insects that end up seeking shelter from the rain under roof shingles. Makes total sense, I've just never seen a bird do this.


r/birdwatching • • 10h ago

Quail Cam - Doves that slap.

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My bird feeder camera footage of quail often includes ring-necked and white-tipped doves. The Doves are so violent - they are always wing-slapping everyone! They also like to raise a wing in a pre-slap warning. They also like to distract with the wing warning then wing-slap with the other wing! That is the funniest thing to me - fake with the left and BAM! in with the right! Little Mike Tysons over here.


r/birdwatching • • 4h ago

Photo crimson-rumped toucanet(own content)

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Mindo Ecuador 📍


r/birdwatching • • 1h ago

Photo American Coots

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Middle Harbor Wetland View Point. Lakeside Marblehead, Ohio


r/birdwatching • • 4h ago

Photo Carcará

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He landed on the railing of my apartment. Earlier this year he also ate the baby of the pigeon that was nesting on my bottom balcony.


r/birdwatching • • 1h ago

Photo Catbird making his feelings heard * my content

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r/birdwatching • • 46m ago

Eastern Spinebill near Katoomba, NSW

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r/birdwatching • • 11h ago

Video Close encounter with a great blue heron while fishing (long video FYI)

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28 Upvotes

r/birdwatching • • 14h ago

Video I was waiting by my bus stop and look at this eagle that was next to me on a light post!

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32 Upvotes

r/birdwatching • • 8h ago

Photo Hummingbird party!! :)

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r/birdwatching • • 2h ago

Photo White-breasted Nuthatch, doing nuthatch things

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r/birdwatching • • 16m ago

Birds watching Birds (and Moon)

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Black-bellied Whistling Ducks taking in a late afternoon 80% Waxing Gibbous Moon while observing a flight of White Ibis passing over.


r/birdwatching • • 8h ago

Photo Takeoffs - It is hard to get a good takeoff shot...it is a work in progress.

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r/birdwatching • • 57m ago

Video Rough around the edges, but he held his ground

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This young House Finch is deep in his awkward phase, molting into his adult red and looking a little rough around the edges. But don't let the scruff fool you - he held his own against a mature male for his spot at the feeder. Scrappy little guy earned his seeds today. Sound on for the full experience!

This is my own original content- captured by my Birdfy Feeder cam in Coastal GA, USA


r/birdwatching • • 1h ago

Juvenile Bonaparte Gull Was Winding The Rubber Band for Takeoff and Ended Up Throwing Out A Heart Emoji Before Leaving

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East Harbor State Park Beach.


r/birdwatching • • 4h ago

What apps do you use?

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Hello, I'm new to bird watching. I'm curious what apps (if any) do you use to monitor and/or identify birds. What do you like/don't like about it(them)?


r/birdwatching • • 1d ago

Photo Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (own content)

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261 Upvotes

Mindo Ecuador 📍


r/birdwatching • • 10h ago

What bird is this?

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r/birdwatching • • 5h ago

Video what is this bird noise?

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this was heard in bowmanville ontario in canada. it was too far to get a look or a better video but ive never heard a call like this!


r/birdwatching • • 1d ago

Photo White-crowned Sparrow, Central Wisconsin

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154 Upvotes

r/birdwatching • • 1d ago

Photo Blue Heron with its tongue hanging out hunting for dinner.

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42 Upvotes

This is my original content taken with my Canon 5D Mark iii in Louisville, KY


r/birdwatching • • 10h ago

Question Suction Cup Bird feeder camera

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I have two bird feeders attached to one of my windows by suction cups and its really popular and I wanted to set up a camera that I can put above them and aim down but all the ones I find have to be attached to a tree branch so I was wondering if anybody knows a camera brand I can simply attach to my window with a suction cup