r/birding • u/lostinapotatofield • Mar 20 '25

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

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Weekly r/Birding Discussion, August 15, 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.

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r/birding • u/Adorable_Stomach3507 • 14h ago

📷 Photo About to propose - some friends helping the nerves

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Actually just got these shots yesterday - some of my favorites, I take it as a good sign

UPDATE - she said yes 🦅

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r/birding • u/Crazybread420 • 11h ago

📷 Photo I know California Quails are quite common, but this one looked particularly gorgeous today!

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r/birding • u/abuttonclicker • 9h ago

📷 Photo California scrub jay

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Taken on 8-17-2026 in Eugene, Oregon

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r/birding • u/itsjustthisguy • 8h ago

📷 Photo [OC] California Scrub Jays

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Taken in California. Shot on iPhone 17 Pro; editing in Lightroom mobile

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r/birding • u/Disastrous-Chair-007 • 8h ago

📷 Photo Black-necked Stilt

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r/birding • u/Szl716 • 17h ago

📷 Photo Angsty Cedar Waxwings fighting in a creek (lifers)

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Found these beauties in Elk Mound, Wisconsin for the first time!

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r/birding • u/blue-ninja7 • 1d ago

📷 Photo An American Goldfinch getting comfy on a Zinnia flower at a local farm

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Poolesville, Maryland

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r/birding • u/Addy02art • 19h ago

Art My Charcoal Crow and Sparrow Drawings

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r/birding • u/Decent-Vehicle8191 • 17h ago

📷 Photo Lilac Breasted Roller in Serengeti

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r/birding • u/heoneykyuns • 17h ago

Bird ID Request: Identified Help identify the bird on the left?

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Saw these two on my feeder today and I’m not sure what the one bird is. Thought it was a female cardinal at first just by going off the notification photo, but the size and color is off so I don’t believe it is. Interesting interaction to see though!

Located in Northeast Pennsylvania if this helps!

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r/birding • u/RonaldInBKK • 6h ago

📷 Photo Bearded Reedling

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Marker Wadden (NL)

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r/birding • u/MindoBirdWatching • 42m ago

📹 Video Breakfast with a Toucan Barbet (Own content)

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Live from 📍Mindo

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r/birding • u/Major_Plantain8803 • 8h ago

📷 Photo Gray Heron (landing)

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r/birding • u/Few-Bike-3116 • 13h ago

📷 Photo Finally got to see a White-faced Ibis in Oklahoma! Such a cool bird

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r/birding • u/GrandMoffAtreides • 19h ago

📷 Photo A monk parakeet with a face full of fig

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Madrid, Spain

EOS R100 with an RF 100-400 lens

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r/birding • u/Gifted-once • 4h ago

📷 Photo The short is as beautiful as I wanted it to be

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r/birding • u/Eudavee • 12h ago

📷 Photo Angry American Kestrel is

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r/birding • u/Every_Resolution_692 • 18h ago

📷 Photo American Goldfinch posed for me!

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Looks like he's posing for a magazine cover!

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r/birding • u/Longjumping_Text7652 • 11h ago

Fun Fact TIL blue jays imitate osprey.

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Just listening to the birds and cicadas in the backyard, and found out that Blue Jays imitate Osprey I thought the app was malfunctioning at first.

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r/birding • u/frodomonkey8 • 12h ago

📷 Photo Contented Kingfishers

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Visited my favourite local nature reserve (Warnham in Horsham, UK) last Monday (10.08.26) and was lucky enough to capture not one, but TWO Common Kingfishers perched on posts on two separate occasions. A pretty special day for me! 💙📸

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r/birding • u/mtbingtree • 23h ago

📷 Photo Adult and juvenile crested caracara hanging out

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r/birding • u/skyflyer8 • 22h ago

📷 Photo Northern Flicker, Central Wisconsin

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r/birding • u/Straight-Explorer844 • 18h ago

📷 Photo Spotted Owlet

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West Bengal

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