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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
The 100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time 4 highplainsdem 16 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 7 365
Sounds like the nightingale is back! 2 bif Jun 7 Jun 8 6 437
Hummingbird, came by in the sunlight 6 Walleye May 31 Jun 1 19 774
Have you seen this squirrel-proof bird feeder for sale anywhere? 7 eleny May 27 Jun 1 5 788
Eastern Bluebird 6 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 May 30 13 998
WEBINAR: Bluebirds Are Just the Beginning: All About Thrushes 2 littlemissmartypants May 26 May 26 11 846
Where have all the birds gone? 9 bif May 24 May 24 7 919
Seen driving home 3 chowmama May 23 May 23 10 627
Nuer people have a sacred connection to birds - it can guide conservation in Ethiopia and South Sudan 0 littlemissmartypants May 20 May 20 2 463
Andean-Cock-of-the-Rock, Peru's national bird 4 littlemissmartypants May 12 May 12 25 1113
Rare Albatross Coasts Above California Waters Far From Home 2 douglas9 Feb 2026 May 9 8 1214
My Friend (Northern) Flicker 7 usonian Feb 2026 May 7 16 1576
Woodland Tufted Titmouse 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 May 7 8 811
How birds survived the dinosaurs' doomsday 3 usonian Apr 19 Apr 20 10 963
A black-eared cuckoo 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 Apr 18 9 828
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) 3 littlemissmartypants Apr 14 Apr 15 11 924
We have fed the birds in our backyard for many years, since the late 1990s. 0 HeartsCanHope Apr 14 Apr 14 14 960
This bird was watching me mushrooming this morning. 13 Emile Apr 9 Apr 10 11 1699
Purple Martins Rely on Human 'Landlords' to Provide Nest Boxes Each Sp 2 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 7 989
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 1574
The humming bird spring migration has begun. 6 surfered Apr 6 Apr 6 6 1264
While you slept last night: 100 million birds took to the skies 🐦 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 41 1849
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 1956
Birds of the Day 5 littlemissmartypants Mar 26 Mar 29 16 1282
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 littlemissmartypants Mar 26 Mar 26 0 486
Black-breasted Tit-tyrant 11 littlemissmartypants Mar 2026 Mar 24 26 2135
Black and White Warbler 4 Nittersing Mar 2026 Mar 24 14 1042
Tiny Wonders: Conserving Hummingbirds Across the Americas 0 littlemissmartypants Mar 2026 Mar 2026 8 820
Northern Flicker Visited Recently. Checked out the shed, we'll have to put up a vacancy sign. 8 George McGovern Mar 2026 Mar 2026 13 1414
Good morning. I am always in awe of people who have taken the time to really get to know their birds, 7 generalbetrayus Mar 2026 Mar 2026 14 1894

Birders Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Two DOZEN wild turkeys just strolled through my yard! 19 lastlib Feb 2026 Mar 2026 42 3254
Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming 1 douglas9 Mar 2026 Mar 2026 8 1049
Save your egg shells for the birds. 3 amerikat Feb 2026 Mar 2026 10 1410
Trump administration axes protection for New Mexico lesser prairie chickens 1 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 944
Great Backyard Bird Count Underway 2 Onthefly Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 1135
Birdfy and AI 8 Dear_Prudence Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1620
Merlin (grumble, grumble) always drops out while recording 3 Conjuay Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 1293
A carnivorous jay 8 question everything Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 1739
Had 6 Collared Aracari toucans stop by for breakfast this morning. 30 sinkingfeeling Feb 2026 Feb 2026 73 5122
howdi.(no photos. sorry) 4 AllaN01Bear Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 1166
National Park Service officials make difficult decision about Alcatraz coyote 0 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 1150
I miss the birds 4 Bmoboy Sep 2025 Feb 2026 11 4082
Jacana birds: Walking on water, breaking the rules 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 1036
Yesterday at my feeder, I had a whole college of cardinals...... 2 lastlib Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1262
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 1928
The World's Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space 0 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1740
White Ibis performing ecological friendly lawn pest control 2 surfered Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1340
2026 Moorings Park Osprey Live Stream Naples, FL 7 Donkees Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1787
Book recommendation 0 surfered Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1115
Tundra Swans are invading the NC Coast now ! 2 littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1526
Rest in Grace, Elleng 40 Donkees Dec 2025 Dec 2025 106 7100
Phantom hummingbord??? 3 marble falls Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1556
Been a while! Happy to see gaggle on sand bar. 6 elleng Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1712
This is my second favorite Costa Rican bird so far. Toucans are first. 4 sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 Dec 2025 35 2177
snowy owls. 4 mopinko Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1770
Gleaning 3 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1545
ALMOST caught a couple on sandbar. 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1294
American Bird Conservatory Free Webinar 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1519
Lots of black birds this morning! 5 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1782
BLACK BIRDS on windy roof!!!! 3 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1633

Birders Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
BIRDS are BACK!!!! 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1272
2 on the river, at the golden hour 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1200
Drill baby drill: Woodpeckers pack a lot of power behind their beak 0 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 1454
Gaggle thru shrubs near river and stream (On top of now hidden sand bar!) 2 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1498
Another pretty hummingbird. A white-necked Jacobin who thinks he owns the feeder. 1 sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1459
Arborophila orientalis 3 littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1756
On the creek, breezy morning 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1345
On the sandbar! 2 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1481
One of my pretty hummingbirds. It's so hard to take a photo of them zooming around. 8 sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 2184
Here again! 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1355
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 1799
New, unknown hummingbird at our feeder 4 surfered Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1986
Hummingbird, still here today, amazing 5 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 2079
Hummingbirds still here 1 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1446
Swimming on the creek, in SUN! 0 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1268
Gaggle! 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1441
Saving Puget Sound's puffins: Bringing these ocean ambassadors back from the brink 0 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1363
This only happens to you once 7 surfered Oct 2025 Oct 2025 32 2813
Eastern Phoebe 7 Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 2209
October hummingbird 1 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 1545
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