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 3d ago

Weekly r/Birding Discussion, August 29, 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 7h ago

📷 Photo Saw my first ever Loon!

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I was in northwest Maine and saw a ton of Loons (and my first northern parula). Beautiful animals, unbelievable eyes and the calls are one of the best in the bird world.


r/birding 3h ago

📷 Photo My fist ever Kingfisher. Took forever to finally get an image of one ^^

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r/birding 5h ago

📷 Photo Burnished-buff Tanager

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r/birding 6h ago

📷 Photo My first and only Vermilion Flycatcher so far.

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Austin, Texas.
ISO 2000, f5.6, 1/1000s on a cloudy day under the tree canopies.


r/birding 9h ago

📷 Photo Coppersmith Barbet enjoying a Banyan Fig.

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I sat in front of this beautiful banyan tree with tons of tiny red figs all over it. There were tons of birds of many different species it was incredibly beautiful.


r/birding 45m ago

📷 Photo Fiery-throated Hummingbird I saw in Costa Rica

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Saw this beautiful gent at a restaurant with very active hummingbird feeders, it was quite an experience to see 15 hummingbirds buzzing around and fighting!


r/birding 7h ago

📷 Photo Andes Saffron-crowned Tanager

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Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala) One of the 27 in the genus Tangara (Colorful Thraupidae). Found only in the Andes cloud forests.


r/birding 8h ago

📷 Photo Anna’s Hummingbird

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r/birding 20h ago

📹 Video Green Herron falling into the water when hunting

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r/birding 19h ago

📹 Video Mating display (grouse) caught again on video!

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Caught these guys in another mating display again which was super cool.

Could someone ID these? They don’t look like the species I’ve seen before, but I’m leaning towards spruce grouse. Location is NWT, Canada


r/birding 9h ago

📷 Photo The Kestrel “Hover”.

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112 Upvotes

Deep crop from Gilbert, AZ.


r/birding 9h ago

Art I saw a ZOOP

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Green Heron in Texas


r/birding 7h ago

📷 Photo Night Heron staring at me

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r/birding 8h ago

📷 Photo Just having a little snooze

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r/birding 3h ago

📷 Photo Himalayan Snowcock

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... clicked in its native habitat.


r/birding 4h ago

📷 Photo Some birds from a walk around Berlin

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great cormorant, egyptian goose, Mandarin duck, swan


r/birding 8h ago

📹 Video The cardinal couple I named “Jessie & James” now have a baby Meowth :,)

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r/birding 8h ago

📷 Photo Blücheëp 💙😂

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I've gotten Northern Cardinal bloödcheëps at my feeder this summer but this is my first time seeing the look on a Blue Jay!

Photos from my Birdfy on August 30 in Somerville, MA, USA.


r/birding 1h ago

📷 Photo A Mexican Jay at Madera Canyon

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One of my favorites from my last outing. Not sure why, I just like it.


r/birding 2h ago

📷 Photo First time trying to take photos of hummingbirds!

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I haven’t seen any hummingbirds out this year and suddenly this guy wanted to show up so I got some cool photos! Definitely a little difficult with how skittish they are, as soon as I raised my camera they would fly off but it’s alright because they kept coming back!


r/birding 23h ago

📷 Photo It’s been a bald eagle kind of day on the Upper Potomac

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📷: 08.31.26


r/birding 21h ago

📹 Video Merganser Raft, Isle Royale National Park

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A raft of Common Mergansers were fishing in front of my campsite in IRNP.


r/birding 2h ago

📷 Photo Western Meadowlark, self taken by myself near Ellensburg WA

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