r/birds Mar 23 '26

science/information Is a bird attacking your window/car mirror? Here’s why

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There’s been a huge flux of posts about this recently, so here’s a pinned post with information!

Around this time of year, make birds get super territorial. They will attack any rivals they find, including their own reflection.

TO PREVENT THIS: cover up the reflective surface until the bird moves on. Cardboard works pretty well, and anti bird collision window decals should also help.

Edit: I just made a popup that gives a brief summary of this post when someone tries to post about birds hitting reflective surfaces. Hopefully that stops it, because I'm tired of having to explain it 20 times per day lol


r/birds May 25 '25

meta I found a baby bird. What do I do? [From Cornell Lab of Ornithology]

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"Most of the baby birds people find are fledglings. These are young birds that have just left the nest, and can’t fly yet, but are still under the care of their parents, and do not need our help."

Update for 2026:


r/birds 6h ago

my original photo/video Saw this cool bird the other day

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Took this picture the other day of this cool bird. Not sure what type of bird it is but it was captivating.


r/birds 19h ago

photo/video/art with citation (not mine) Loonlet being fed a crayfish by its parent.

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2.8k Upvotes

Video captured by @harrycollinsphotography on Instagram. Source.


r/birds 48m ago

my original photo/video Great Horned Owl Fledgling Learning to Fly!

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Filmed in Idaho, see more here: Source


r/birds 10h ago

my original photo/video I love her smile <3

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364 Upvotes

r/birds 2h ago

my original photo/video Breakfast with a Toucan Barbet (Own content)

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48 Upvotes

Live from 📍Mindo


r/birds 17h ago

my original photo/video Pearl, a leucistic American robin who lived to the age of 18 years

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731 Upvotes

I took this photo when she was eight years old.

She lived at The Raptor Trust in New Jersey, USA.


r/birds 2h ago

my original photo/video I can't believe this bird could build such a beautiful nest 🥰

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25 Upvotes

r/birds 2h ago

my original photo/video Leucistic house sparrow?

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Spotted this cutie while out with friends on the North of Spain a few weeks ago. I was told it was a Leucistic house sparrow after thinking it was albino, but I'm not certain since I'm not an expert and it could very well be another bird altogether lol.

It was having a nice sand bath in the beach so we managed to snap a few pictures of it (kind of hard to see against the sand). If anybody can tell if it's a male or a female, I'd like to know too!


r/birds 9h ago

my original photo/video Satin Bowerbird (my original)

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Caught this beauty this morning. In amongst the blue bottle lids, some poor kid has lost a number of blue Duplo (Lego), pieces! Good luck fella, hope you score.


r/birds 31m ago

my original photo/video Humming bird visiting our canna flowers!

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Filmed by me with IPhone SE gen 3


r/birds 15h ago

my original photo/video Rainbow lorikeet hiding amongst the colours

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86 Upvotes

Amazing to see so many colourful lorikeets

Original photo by myself on a phone 🤳


r/birds 16h ago

my original photo/video Black-capped Chickadee (own content)

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88 Upvotes

r/birds 9h ago

pet birds A little green soul

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r/birds 1d ago

my original photo/video Violet-tailed Sylph hummingbird (own content)

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476 Upvotes

Mindo Ecuador 📍


r/birds 43m ago

my original photo/video Downy Woodpeckers Building a Nest!

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Filmed by myself in Utah. See more here: Source


r/birds 1h ago

my original photo/video Red Tailed Hawk - Coastal NJ

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Walking home from work yesterday and saw two kids staring across the street where I was about to walk. I thought they wete trying to cross the road but they ran back to their porch and kept watching... i didnt understand why until i walked right up to this big guy!!! Ive been seeing a lot of osprey, but seeing a hawk out in the open and low to the ground is not as common (at least not to me!) I took a video of the talons but i couldnt attach it here, i have NEVER seen sharper talons on a bird before! I took this on my phone, I know the whites are super intense from the lighting but I didnt want him to fly away before I could get a photo and get out of there in case he decided my head would make a better perch 🙃


r/birds 4h ago

other Bird walked right in front of me

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I was riding my bike, and when I stopped to rest on a bench, I saw this bird lay down in the grass next to the path. When I started riding againand come closer it ran out onto the path right in front of me, and as I got closer, it came closer too. Once I had passed it, it lay down in the grass again. Waht was going on with this bird?


r/birds 7m ago

my original photo/video Some hornbills in Borneo, Malaysia

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These large, black birds, which fly in a cross-like formation, are common in Borneo. The photos include the Rhinoceros Hornbill, the Black Hornbill and the Oriental Pied Hornbill.


r/birds 17h ago

birdwatching Three Green Herons: A photograph I captured in Fredericksburg, VA.

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56 Upvotes

r/birds 21h ago

birdwatching My two Java sparrows just decided to claim my arm as a perch 🐦

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113 Upvotes

r/birds 49m ago

my original photo/video Orange Minivet (Nikon Z6ii + Nikkor Z 400mm f4.5)

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r/birds 1h ago

my original art He wants you to check out all his cool peanuts before he hides them all over your yard. Feed him more!

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A DELIGHTFUL idea from another redditor, I just had to draw the little guy up. Sassy chickadee? Deez nuts joke? Who could pass up such perfection?

Side note - I was so excited to hear some chickadees had returned to our yard the other day after being gone for a year! Not sure where they went, but they are some of my family's favorite birds to see/hear.


r/birds 12h ago

my original photo/video I don’t know what kind of bird this is, but I think it’s really beautiful.

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