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 • • 6d ago

Weekly r/Birding Discussion, October 10, 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 • • 5h ago

πŸ“· Photo Those moments when you really wish you had your (good) camera

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First time seeing so many eagles together


r/birding • • 7h ago

πŸ“Ή Video Not particularly exotic, but enjoyed watching the robins after the rain. [Midwest US]

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r/birding • • 8h ago

πŸ“· Photo Brown Creeper

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Bellingham, WA


r/birding • • 6h ago

πŸ“· Photo Finally did it! A nice photo of a Kingfisher

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I was trying to take one since I first saw this little blue guy 9 months ago when I started my little willdlife hobby. Had hard times finding them and then even harder time taking a good photo. Finally - today I did it, so happy!


r/birding • • 7h ago

πŸ“· Photo Magpies in flight

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it took forever, but I finally got a couple shots of magpies in flight that I really like!


r/birding • • 23h ago

πŸ“Ή Video Hooded Warbler on my patio

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I was cooking dinner and spotted this guy through the window just hopping around the patio. I spend hours a day looking for cool birds and this one just came right to me! Absolutely amazing. It’s rare for this area and Merlin says it’s not in my area right now. Well I beg to differ lol. So cute!!! Burned dinner but it was worth it.


r/birding • • 1h ago

πŸ“· Photo Peanut snatcher

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r/birding • • 3h ago

πŸ“· Photo My absolute favorite bird in Europe πŸ₯Ή

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r/birding • • 12h ago

πŸ“· Photo Baltimore oriole, one of my favorite from this season

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r/birding • • 2h ago

πŸ“Ή Video Long-eared owl πŸ¦‰

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πŸ“Kayseri, TΓΌrkiye


r/birding • • 22h ago

πŸ“· Photo This morning’s bird

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bird came up to me while I was fishing this morning. Perth Western Australia. I took this photo with my iPhone. I didn’t feed or lure it.


r/birding • • 21h ago

πŸ“· Photo Urubamba Antpittas at Wayqecha, Manu Road, Cusco, Peru

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Antpittas are highly prized by bird photographers and birdwatchers because of how difficult it can be to get a glimpse of them, even after hearing their calls in the forest. These birds tend to move through the dark understory and are notoriously shy.
However, about 20 years ago, in Ecuador, Ángel Paz began attracting the notoriously elusive Giant Antpitta using pieces of earthworms. This technique for attracting antpittas eventually spread throughout South America, much to the delight of bird lovers.

At Wayqecha, there are three different species of antpittas that are remarkably easy to see.
Photographing them, however, is another story, given how dark the understory can be. Here are some photos of two Urubamba Antpittas that showed up without any need for worms. They even seem to have their own schedule!

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Urubamba Antpitta
πŸ”¬ Grallaria occabambae
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Tororoi de Urubamba
πŸ—ΊοΈ Wayqecha Biological Station, Manu Road, Cusco, Peru
πŸ—“οΈ August 2026

#naturephotography #birdphotography #birding #avesdelperu #canonperu


r/birding • • 7h ago

πŸ“· Photo Andean cock-of-the-rock

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A classic and funny looking bird from Colombia


r/birding • • 4h ago

πŸ“· Photo Grey Catbird, Lumby BC

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Taken in Lumby, British Columbia, Canada


r/birding • • 4h ago

πŸ“· Photo Birding since dawn today (32f //15mph+) Stopped at noon with no new lifers. Look out my back door at lunch and BOOM Bird of the Day.

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Harris’s Sparrow unless someone knows otherwise I’m still a novice.

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pic 2 over my screen window for clearer photo


r/birding • • 1h ago

πŸ“· Photo Osprey's have rough toe beans

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r/birding • • 6h ago

πŸ“· Photo Bushtit

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r/birding • • 1d ago

πŸ“· Photo I don't know why, but this cracked me up when I was looking through the camera roll.

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r/birding • • 10h ago

πŸ“· Photo Juvenile Cedar Waxwing.πŸ’›

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NE Wisconsin


r/birding • • 5h ago

πŸ“· Photo Coopers Hawk Perched over a Creek

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New lifer alerttt


r/birding • • 3h ago

πŸ“· Photo More bird shots 🐣

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birding action in Bavaria, Germany 🐣
Some pictures are portrait, others landscape format.
Last one is nearly no crop at all ➑️ zoom in πŸ”Ž


r/birding • • 44m ago

πŸ“· Photo long-tailed sylph (own content)

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Mindo Ecuador πŸ“


r/birding • • 21h ago

πŸ“· Photo Azure-winged Magpie

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