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Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Nuer people have a sacred connection to birds - it can guide conservation in Ethiopia and South Sudan 0 littlemissmartypants Wednesday Wednesday 2 243
Andean-Cock-of-the-Rock, Peru's national bird 4 littlemissmartypants May 12 May 12 25 731
Rare Albatross Coasts Above California Waters Far From Home 2 douglas9 Feb 2026 May 9 8 999
My Friend (Northern) Flicker 7 usonian Feb 26 May 7 15 1204
Woodland Tufted Titmouse 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 May 7 8 586
How birds survived the dinosaurs' doomsday 3 usonian Apr 19 Apr 20 10 713
Eastern Bluebird 5 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 Apr 19 13 660
A black-eared cuckoo 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 15 Apr 18 9 601
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) 3 littlemissmartypants Apr 14 Apr 15 11 684
We have fed the birds in our backyard for many years, since the late 1990s. 0 HeartsCanHope Apr 14 Apr 14 14 774
This bird was watching me mushrooming this morning. 13 Emile Apr 9 Apr 10 11 1268
Purple Martins Rely on Human 'Landlords' to Provide Nest Boxes Each Sp 2 Judi Lynn Apr 9 Apr 9 7 781
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 1288
The humming bird spring migration has begun. 6 surfered Apr 6 Apr 6 6 972
While you slept last night: 100 million birds took to the skies 🐦 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 41 1510
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 1669
Birds of the Day 5 littlemissmartypants Mar 26 Mar 29 16 1027
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 littlemissmartypants Mar 26 Mar 26 0 318
Black-breasted Tit-tyrant 11 littlemissmartypants Mar 23 Mar 24 26 1698
Black and White Warbler 4 Nittersing Mar 22 Mar 24 14 778
Tiny Wonders: Conserving Hummingbirds Across the Americas 0 littlemissmartypants Mar 22 Mar 22 8 644
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 1081
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 1577
Two DOZEN wild turkeys just strolled through my yard! 19 lastlib Feb 2026 Mar 14 42 2752
Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming 1 douglas9 Mar 2 Mar 2 8 870
Save your egg shells for the birds. 3 amerikat Feb 28 Mar 1 10 1179
Trump administration axes protection for New Mexico lesser prairie chickens 1 douglas9 Feb 27 Feb 27 6 765
Great Backyard Bird Count Underway 2 Onthefly Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 935
Birdfy and AI 8 Dear_Prudence Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 1371
Merlin (grumble, grumble) always drops out while recording 3 Conjuay Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 1069

Birders Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
A carnivorous jay 8 question everything Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 1471
Had 6 Collared Aracari toucans stop by for breakfast this morning. 30 sinkingfeeling Feb 2026 Feb 2026 73 4236
howdi.(no photos. sorry) 4 AllaN01Bear Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 952
National Park Service officials make difficult decision about Alcatraz coyote 0 douglas9 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 6 983
I miss the birds 4 Bmoboy Sep 2025 Feb 2026 11 3850
Jacana birds: Walking on water, breaking the rules 0 Judi Lynn Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 869
Yesterday at my feeder, I had a whole college of cardinals...... 2 lastlib Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 1065
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 1628
The World's Last Flock of Wild Whooping Cranes Gets More Living Space 0 douglas9 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 1571
White Ibis performing ecological friendly lawn pest control 2 surfered Dec 2025 Dec 2025 14 1145
2026 Moorings Park Osprey Live Stream Naples, FL 7 Donkees Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1505
Book recommendation 0 surfered Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 947
Tundra Swans are invading the NC Coast now ! 2 littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1309
Rest in Grace, Elleng 40 Donkees Dec 2025 Dec 2025 106 6019
Phantom hummingbord??? 3 marble falls Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1356
Been a while! Happy to see gaggle on sand bar. 6 elleng Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 1435
This is my second favorite Costa Rican bird so far. Toucans are first. 4 sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 Dec 2025 35 1857
snowy owls. 4 mopinko Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1537
Gleaning 3 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1319
ALMOST caught a couple on sandbar. 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1119
American Bird Conservatory Free Webinar 2 littlemissmartypants Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1286
Lots of black birds this morning! 5 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1510
BLACK BIRDS on windy roof!!!! 3 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1406
BIRDS are BACK!!!! 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1106
2 on the river, at the golden hour 0 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1036
Drill baby drill: Woodpeckers pack a lot of power behind their beak 0 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 1283
Gaggle thru shrubs near river and stream (On top of now hidden sand bar!) 2 elleng Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1298
Another pretty hummingbird. A white-necked Jacobin who thinks he owns the feeder. 1 sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1282
Arborophila orientalis 3 littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1521
On the creek, breezy morning 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1179

Birders Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
On the sandbar! 2 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1275
One of my pretty hummingbirds. It's so hard to take a photo of them zooming around. 8 sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 1942
Here again! 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1182
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 1566
New, unknown hummingbird at our feeder 4 surfered Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1721
Hummingbird, still here today, amazing 5 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 1849
Hummingbirds still here 1 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 1270
Swimming on the creek, in SUN! 0 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1105
Gaggle! 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1262
Saving Puget Sound's puffins: Bringing these ocean ambassadors back from the brink 0 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1192
This only happens to you once 7 surfered Oct 2025 Oct 2025 32 2508
Eastern Phoebe 7 Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1940
October hummingbird 1 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 1373
Caught a shot of one hummingbird this morning still here in Delaware 8 Walleye Oct 2025 Oct 2025 17 2094
How to Troll a Corvid Lover 0 sl8 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2748
What do you get when blue jays and green jays mate? A whole new bird species. 3 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 3867
Still a couple of hummingbirds here in Delaware, this is from yesterday 7 Walleye Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 3821
Hummingbird at my feeder on the porch late this evening 6 Walleye Sep 2025 Sep 2025 16 3837
The 2025 Audubon Photography Awards 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1775
Rare visitor seen in Texas again for the first time since 1961 (double-striped thick-knee) 2 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3945
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