r/birding Nov 23 '24

Weekly r/Birding Discussion, November 23, 2024. 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 9h ago

Weekly r/Birding Discussion, December 28, 2024. 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 4h ago

πŸ“· Photo Saw this fancy little seagull out by the water today!

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r/birding 5h ago

πŸ“· Photo Christmas Day Treat!

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Townsend's Warbler

Photographed in 12/25/24 in Pima County, AZ


r/birding 13h ago

πŸ“· Photo This is my favorite photo for 2024. Black-crowned night heron wasn't happy about getting its photo taken! 🀣

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I already posted this on r/birdsfacingforward and thought people would enjoy on here too. Absolutely my favorite bird photo!


r/birding 7h ago

πŸ“· Photo Poor quality pics of an unusual hairy woodpecker visiting our feeder in central WI. Leucistic?

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My sister managed to snap a couple blurry zoomed in photos on her phone before she/he flew away


r/birding 1h ago

πŸ“· Photo Burrowing Owl

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A burrowing owl I saw in Marco Island, Florida. I had to crawl on my belly in full camouflage to get the pic with the purple flowers in the background.


r/birding 8h ago

πŸ“· Photo African Pitta

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r/birding 7h ago

πŸ“· Photo 2024 Photo recap

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r/birding 3h ago

πŸ“· Photo Recently started feeding the birds to entertain my cats and I'm finding it even more enjoyable for myself. Here's some of the recent visitors. Couldn't get the camera out fast enough to get a good picture of the pileated woodpecker, next time. NW Michigan.

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r/birding 14h ago

πŸ“· Photo This Greater Roadrunner wanted a profile shot to jump start his modeling career. I was happy to oblige.

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r/birding 13h ago

πŸ“· Photo They are a lot bigger in person

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r/birding 47m ago

πŸ“· Photo Green-headed tanager (Saira Arcoiris) I saw today in the Cristo Redentor (Brazil), one of the most beautiful birds I have ever see

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r/birding 10h ago

πŸ“· Photo Cutest male kestrel in St Ives, UK

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r/birding 1d ago

πŸ“· Photo Finally saw my first ever snowy owl yesterday!

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I may or may not have cried - it was so cool to see!


r/birding 23h ago

πŸ“· Photo A ruffed grouse I met in November

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r/birding 51m ago

πŸ“· Photo Red-Tailed Hawks by a noob photographer (me) :D

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r/birding 13h ago

πŸ“· Photo Great Blue Heron and a Green Heron

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Phoenix and Glendale, AZ. Bonus trash panda.


r/birding 2h ago

πŸ“· Photo My Christmas owl won’t show up on eBird:( but it at least was probably my last lifer of the year

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Short Eared owl in Southern Michigan!


r/birding 7h ago

πŸ“· Photo Village Weaver - Lake Naivasha, Kenya, Dec 2024

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r/birding 11h ago

πŸ“· Photo Horned Larks and Snow Bunting

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r/birding 7h ago

Bird ID Request This guy has been in my area since thanksgiving. I live in Orlando.

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What type of bird is it? It’s cool he walks across the top of the bushes looking for bugs.


r/birding 1h ago

πŸ“· Photo My best of 2024

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  1. Male Mallard 2. American Coot 3. Red headed woodpecker 4.Ref winged blackbird 5.Blue Grosbeak 6.Western Meadowlark 7.Common loon 8. Dark eyed junco 9.White breasted nuthatch 10.Male ring necked duck 11.Northerm Shoveler 12.Indugo Bunting 13. Yellow billed Cuckoo 14. Black billed Magpie 15. Mountain bluebird 16. Bald eagle 17.Common loon 18. Double created Cormorant 19.Ring necked ducks 20. Common raven

r/birding 11h ago

πŸ“· Photo My favorite photos of 2024

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I got my first camera this year and learning how to use it has been a blast.

  1. Great Tailed Grackle with misterios Cheez-it.

  2. Some kind of hummingbird heading for some flowers.

  3. Great Blue Heron preening.

  4. Grumpy looking juvenile Northern Mockingbird.

  5. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in flight

Taken in Texas and Costa Rica.


r/birding 5h ago

πŸ“· Photo Pied Avocet in Le Teich, France

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Look at their mouth!!! Can you imagine having chopstick lips? I screamed when I saw them.


r/birding 1h ago

πŸ“· Photo European borbin

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r/birding 1d ago

πŸ“· Photo Today was my first encounter with a brown creeper!

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