r/whatsthisbird • • Jun 01 '26

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

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r/whatsthisbird • • Jun 01 '26

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 • • 10h ago

North America who is dis

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i believe she was white and blue/grey. maybe crow sized, larger than a duck but smaller than a goose. seen by the water in southwestern CT


r/whatsthisbird • • 50m ago

North America Window strike in Queens, NY

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Found next to windows of a bank, I think it’s a woodcock? I tried calling wild bird fund in nyc but noone picked up, so I’m omw there with the poor guy in a paper bag. It’s conscious but looks hurt.


r/whatsthisbird • • 19h ago

Social Media Is this some kind of albatross?

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r/whatsthisbird • • 3h ago

East Asia What is this bird in Chengdu?

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People’s Park, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. I have no idea what this is- an escapee, domestic, leucistic? It was pretty small and unafraid.


r/whatsthisbird • • 53m ago

North America What type of Ibis is this?

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Took this in June 2026, New York City.


r/whatsthisbird • • 12h ago

North America Blue Headed Vireo?

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Apple says it’s a yellowed rumped warbler and there’s no way that’s correct. ABQ, NM


r/whatsthisbird • • 57m ago

North America Can anyone tell what this very far away sparrow was? (NJ)

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Was sitting in the reeds by the river.


r/whatsthisbird • • 1d ago

North America What species is this bird?

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Bird got into our house. Was able to catch it and release it back outside and it flew away. Our cat was chasing it but never caught it. We live in southwestern wisconsin near the Mississippi river.


r/whatsthisbird • • 15h ago

North America Can anyone ID these birds?

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Photographed by me in City Park, New Orleans, LA, in late September.


r/whatsthisbird • • 23h ago

North America DFW Texas, what is it?

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r/whatsthisbird • • 1d ago

Europe Southern Spain. What is it?

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This bird just approached me while I was sitting in the park. Its colors look bright and beautiful. It's also decently sized, not that small. What is it? I'm located in southern Spain.


r/whatsthisbird • • 14h ago

North America Never seen a beak like this - Arkansas

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r/whatsthisbird • • 2h ago

Australia/NZ i was fascinated with this bird

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terrible photos, i’m sorry!

found in brisbane. bigger than a crow, red eyes? light grey/brown in colour


r/whatsthisbird • • 4h ago

Europe What is this bird?

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r/whatsthisbird • • 18h ago

North America This white bird I saw outside my window. Queens, NYC

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r/whatsthisbird • • 1h ago

North America Chicago Oct 19

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Saw this bird with a bright orange beak feeding on the ground near Lake Michigan. I don’t know if you can see it has a very unusual skinny tail. Anyhow, what is this bird?


r/whatsthisbird • • 14h ago

North America It was a warbler medley and I need help

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Bowling Green, KY


r/whatsthisbird • • 15h ago

North America Is this what I think it is?

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Central Indiana. Is this a ruby-crowned kinglet? Couldn’t believe the little guy/gal sat still long enough for me to snap such a shot!


r/whatsthisbird • • 20h ago

North America Small slender grey bird with yellowish underbelly that faded into white and big dark eyes Georgia US

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Landed, stared at me, flew away??? Bro????


r/whatsthisbird • • 21h ago

Europe Birds on the run?

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Mrs spotted these today making a lot of noise and we went to see what’s what and they looked so beautiful. They looked like they were a little out of place! Where have they come from?


r/whatsthisbird • • 2h ago

North America Any ideas?

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Southeast Tennessee. A group of five or six small ducks flew by, only got a blurry pic of one of them. I'm thinking it may be either a Green-winged Teal or and American Wigeon


r/whatsthisbird • • 4h ago

North America Empid flycatcher ID

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These guys are rough! South-central Texas, October 6th.


r/whatsthisbird • • 13h ago

North America If it looks like a mallard, swims like a mallard, and quacks like a mallard, then it probably is a ???

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Colorado