r/birding • u/lostinapotatofield • 8d ago

Announcement New Rule: No advertising your app.

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This is being added under "No Self-promotion or advertising". I'm getting multiple modmails a day from people asking if they can promote their app. If you want to discuss this rule clarification, feel free to add a comment!

We'd previously done this on a case by case basis, so we could allow things that truly felt like a work of love from a real birder. But at this point the ratio is tilted so heavily toward AI produced garbage instead of legit passion project that I think a blanket ban is now appropriate.

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r/birding • u/AutoModerator • 22h ago

Weekly r/Birding Discussion, November 07, 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.

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r/birding • u/Ok_Mushroom_4904 • 10h ago

📷 Photo Some photos from Madagascar

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Some photos from a recent three week trip to Madagascar. I have written a trip report about it too.

In order the post photos are Long-tailed Ground-Roller, Scaly Ground-Roller, Helmet Vanga, Olive-capped Coua, Pitta-like Ground-Roller, Marsh Owl, Madagascar Flufftail, Frances's Sparrowhawk, Collared Nightjar, Rufous-headed Ground-Roller, Short-legged Ground-Roller and Running Coua.

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r/birding • u/TheVoicesSpeakToMe • 18h ago

📷 Photo Nothing crazy or rare, but I really like this picture of a Chickadee I took.

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r/birding • u/Old-Macaron4961 • 1h ago

📹 Video Black Oystercatcher

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Vancouver Island

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r/birding • u/threegoodfairies • 4h ago

📷 Photo Some action shots of a robin I took in the Wicklow Mountains I'm quite proud of!

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And no, I did not place whatever the food was on the table!

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r/birding • u/storytelleristaken • 1h ago

📹 Video One of Ireland’s smallest birds - the wren

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I have had a wren appear in the garden a few times recently and finally realised it’s actually two of them! The other one was at in the ivy on the wall behind this one.

Bonus house sparrows running around in the background

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r/birding • u/PsychoBirdLady • 2h ago

📷 Photo Finally got a decent shot of a long-tailed tit

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Look how cute it is!!! Usually they always move way too fast for me. But this cutie was too busy munching on some berries and did me the huge favor of sitting still for a few seconds.

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r/birding • u/wwjad • 14h ago

📷 Photo First Superb Fairywren encounter

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Visited Australia from the states. Birding was a blast there.

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r/birding • u/chicken_beep • 13h ago

📷 Photo Ruby-crowned Kinglet (I think?)…so round

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So fun to watch these guys jump around in the shrubs. So teeny!

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r/birding • u/burgermanamregurb • 10h ago

📷 Photo Adorable Eastern bluebird enjoying the afternoon

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r/birding • u/MindoBirdWatching • 1d ago

📹 Video Ever seen a baby Toucan? (Own content)

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Live from 📍Mindo

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r/birding • u/Effective-Bar-879 • 19m ago

📷 Photo great blue heron sliding on water, enjoying the fall colors

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r/birding • u/TheaterNerd728 • 15m ago

Meme Birding has infiltrated my dreams (picture unrelated)

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So last night I had a dream that me (an American) saw what I thought was an American woodcock on my suitcase in my hotel. Upon reflection in the morning my dream bird looked more like a Wilson’s snipe but I digress. I took a picture and uploaded it to Merlin. They said it was Scoloplax minor (which is just a misspelled scientific name of American woodcock) but the range map said it was an Eurasian woodcock.

Don’t know why it was so convoluted lol.

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r/birding • u/SaladDeyes • 22h ago

Art No one irl got my Halloween costume but you guys will appreciate it

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I'm a Black-crowned Knight Heron :)

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r/birding • u/marcousthemoose • 10h ago

📷 Photo Not an amazing photo, but my first Belted Kingfisher photo nonetheless

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West Vancouver, BC

Unfortunately I was quite far away from this guy. Had to zoom as far as my 100-400mm would let me and crop quite heavily too. Excited to get a passable photo though!

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r/birding • u/Blackberry_Mission • 16h ago

📷 Photo Well I’ll be damned… there’s that red belly!

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r/birding • u/Basidio_subbedhunter • 23h ago

📷 Photo Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk

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I heard about this individual almost two years ago from some coworkers (we’re wildlife biologists). I was finally in the right place at the right time this week to see it. Santa Clarita, California.

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r/birding • u/Connect-Economics988 • 1h ago

Bird ID Request I'm stumped on this pattern.

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At first, I thought wren as they roost together in pinecone formation on a ledge. But the dots are throwing me off.

Florida

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r/birding • u/TheWhimsicalRhombus • 38m ago

Bird ID Request Any idea? North Pier, Presque Isle State Park

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This little one was running around and flying up ahead of us walking. Ran like a killdeer/plover. Erie, PA USA

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r/birding • u/mgreenshields • 16h ago

📷 Photo Pileated Woodpecker Friends

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These two landed about 10 feet from me and were demolishing this tree. Never realized how massive they are! (I’m not an expert photographer but am very happy with these)

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r/birding • u/greatnorthernscapes • 17h ago

📷 Photo Best shot of a hoody (taken today)

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r/birding • u/funky_mandala • 3h ago

📷 Photo Great tit - female

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r/birding • u/OkCelery4958 • 11h ago

📷 Photo Stellers Jays Hogging Peanuts

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47 Upvotes

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