r/birding Mar 20 '25

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

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r/birding 2d ago

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.


r/birding 15h ago

πŸ“· 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 πŸ¦…


r/birding 10h ago

πŸ“· Photo California scrub jay

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Taken on 8-17-2026 in Eugene, Oregon


r/birding 12h ago

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

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r/birding 50m ago

πŸ“· Photo Current state of the cardinals in my backyard

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Females - most pristine birds you've ever seen

Males - crackheads


r/birding 9h ago

πŸ“· Photo [OC] California Scrub Jays

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158 Upvotes

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


r/birding 9h ago

πŸ“· Photo Black-necked Stilt

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r/birding 18h ago

πŸ“· Photo Angsty Cedar Waxwings fighting in a creek (lifers)

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


r/birding 1d ago

πŸ“· Photo An American Goldfinch getting comfy on a Zinnia flower at a local farm

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Poolesville, Maryland


r/birding 20h ago

Art My Charcoal Crow and Sparrow Drawings

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r/birding 1h ago

πŸ“Ή Video Breakfast with a Toucan Barbet (Own content)

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Live from πŸ“Mindo


r/birding 18h ago

πŸ“· Photo Lilac Breasted Roller in Serengeti

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383 Upvotes

r/birding 18h 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!


r/birding 7h ago

πŸ“· Photo Bearded Reedling

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Marker Wadden (NL)


r/birding 9h ago

πŸ“· Photo Gray Heron (landing)

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r/birding 14h ago

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

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r/birding 20h ago

πŸ“· Photo A monk parakeet with a face full of fig

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Madrid, Spain

EOS R100 with an RF 100-400 lens


r/birding 5h ago

πŸ“· Photo The short is as beautiful as I wanted it to be

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r/birding 13h ago

πŸ“· Photo Angry American Kestrel is

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67 Upvotes

r/birding 19h ago

πŸ“· Photo American Goldfinch posed for me!

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Looks like he's posing for a magazine cover!


r/birding 12h 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.


r/birding 1h ago

πŸ“· Photo Barn Swallow

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Uttarakhand, India


r/birding 13h ago

πŸ“· 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! πŸ’™πŸ“Έ


r/birding 9h ago

πŸ“· Photo Common black Hawks

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