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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Andean-Cock-of-the-Rock, Peru's national bird 4 littlemissmartypants Tuesday Tuesday 25 657
Rare Albatross Coasts Above California Waters Far From Home 2 douglas9 Feb 2026 May 9 8 981
My Friend (Northern) Flicker 7 usonian Feb 26 May 7 15 1151
Woodland Tufted Titmouse 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 May 7 8 565
How birds survived the dinosaurs' doomsday 3 usonian Apr 19 Apr 20 10 694
Eastern Bluebird 5 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 Apr 19 13 622
A black-eared cuckoo 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 Apr 18 9 577
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) 3 littlemissmartypants Apr 14 Apr 15 11 658
We have fed the birds in our backyard for many years, since the late 1990s. 0 HeartsCanHope Apr 14 Apr 14 14 753
This bird was watching me mushrooming this morning. 13 Emile Apr 9 Apr 10 11 1219
Purple Martins Rely on Human 'Landlords' to Provide Nest Boxes Each Sp 2 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 7 764
Becoming an Expert Birder Can Reshape Your Brain and Might Help Protect It From Aging, New Research Suggests 6 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 18 1245
The humming bird spring migration has begun. 6 surfered Apr 6 Apr 6 6 938
While you slept last night: 100 million birds took to the skies 🐦 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 41 1460
Hear the calls of 50 different bird species from the Eastern United States (5 1/2 minute nature video photography) 7 eShirl Apr 3 Apr 3 36 1619
Birds of the Day 5 littlemissmartypants Mar 26 Mar 29 16 988
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 littlemissmartypants Mar 26 Mar 26 0 307
Black-breasted Tit-tyrant 11 littlemissmartypants Mar 23 Mar 24 26 1639
Black and White Warbler 4 Nittersing Mar 22 Mar 24 14 742
Tiny Wonders: Conserving Hummingbirds Across the Americas 0 littlemissmartypants Mar 22 Mar 22 8 631
Northern Flicker Visited Recently. Checked out the shed, we'll have to put up a vacancy sign. 8 George McGovern Mar 17 Mar 18 13 1036
Good morning. I am always in awe of people who have taken the time to really get to know their birds, 7 generalbetrayus Mar 7 Mar 16 14 1523
Two DOZEN wild turkeys just strolled through my yard! 19 lastlib Feb 2026 Mar 14 42 2658
Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming 1 douglas9 Mar 2 Mar 2 8 859
Save your egg shells for the birds. 3 amerikat Feb 28 Mar 1 10 1151
Trump administration axes protection for New Mexico lesser prairie chickens 1 douglas9 Feb 27 Feb 27 6 752
Great Backyard Bird Count Underway 2 Onthefly Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 912
Birdfy and AI 8 Dear_Prudence Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1341
Merlin (grumble, grumble) always drops out while recording 3 Conjuay Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 1046
A carnivorous jay 8 question everything Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 1412

Birders Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Had 6 Collared Aracari toucans stop by for breakfast this morning. 30 sinkingfeeling Feb 2026 Feb 2026 73 4109
howdi.(no photos. sorry) 4 AllaN01Bear Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 915
National Park Service officials make difficult decision about Alcatraz coyote 0 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 970
I miss the birds 4 Bmoboy Sep 2025 Feb 2026 11 3829
Jacana birds: Walking on water, breaking the rules 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 856
Yesterday at my feeder, I had a whole college of cardinals...... 2 lastlib Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1046
How does one tell if a soaring bird is a hawk or an eagle or a falcon? There are many large ones flying over 7 sinkingfeeling Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1604
The World's Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space 0 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1558
White Ibis performing ecological friendly lawn pest control 2 surfered Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1122
2026 Moorings Park Osprey Live Stream Naples, FL 7 Donkees Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1469
Book recommendation 0 surfered Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 933
Tundra Swans are invading the NC Coast now ! 2 littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1291
Rest in Grace, Elleng 40 Donkees Dec 2025 Dec 2025 106 5907
Phantom hummingbord??? 3 marble falls Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1332
Been a while! Happy to see gaggle on sand bar. 6 elleng Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1409
This is my second favorite Costa Rican bird so far. Toucans are first. 4 sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 Dec 2025 35 1825
snowy owls. 4 mopinko Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1514
Gleaning 3 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1301
ALMOST caught a couple on sandbar. 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1106
American Bird Conservatory Free Webinar 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1270
Lots of black birds this morning! 5 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1484
BLACK BIRDS on windy roof!!!! 3 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1378
BIRDS are BACK!!!! 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1089
2 on the river, at the golden hour 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1025
Drill baby drill: Woodpeckers pack a lot of power behind their beak 0 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 1270
Gaggle thru shrubs near river and stream (On top of now hidden sand bar!) 2 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1281
Another pretty hummingbird. A white-necked Jacobin who thinks he owns the feeder. 1 sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1264
Arborophila orientalis 3 littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1501
On the creek, breezy morning 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1167
On the sandbar! 2 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1258

Birders Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
One of my pretty hummingbirds. It's so hard to take a photo of them zooming around. 8 sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 1917
Here again! 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1170
Question. I put up 2 hummingbird feeders for my dozens of guys. They are going through 2 cups.of nectar a day. 4 sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1548
New, unknown hummingbird at our feeder 4 surfered Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1686
Hummingbird, still here today, amazing 5 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1825
Hummingbirds still here 1 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1251
Swimming on the creek, in SUN! 0 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1093
Gaggle! 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1249
Saving Puget Sound's puffins: Bringing these ocean ambassadors back from the brink 0 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1177
This only happens to you once 7 surfered Oct 2025 Oct 2025 32 2482
Eastern Phoebe 7 Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1902
October hummingbird 1 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 1358
Caught a shot of one hummingbird this morning still here in Delaware 8 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 17 2068
How to Troll a Corvid Lover 0 sl8 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2732
What do you get when blue jays and green jays mate? A whole new bird species. 3 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 3844
Still a couple of hummingbirds here in Delaware, this is from yesterday 7 Walleye Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 3780
Hummingbird at my feeder on the porch late this evening 6 Walleye Sep 2025 Sep 2025 16 3799
The 2025 Audubon Photography Awards 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1761
Rare visitor seen in Texas again for the first time since 1961 (double-striped thick-knee) 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3923
Be a Friend to the Birds: Simple Things You Can Do to Help Birds 0 littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 3762
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