Thread 5003749

Post birds, appreciate birds

birds are tarded

Never enough ducks and geese in these bird threads.

Such a treat to have access to hummingbirds in your own yard

But I really do miss Australia and hand feeding wild cockatoos and galahs and all the other rainbow colored birds. The northern hemisphere is quite dull after being exposed to all the color of the south. Maybe i should move to Florida or something

Oriole was waiting for the starling to finish eating the suet so I shot it, I figured the sound would scare it away but no, neither the sound nor the dead starling bothered it one bit. Helping native birds rocks.

PS if you ever worried about killing starlings making the other birds fear you as a bird killer, no they don't give a shit. Crows will come eat them.

Besides those livestreams, are there any actual and good ornithology channels on YT?

Couple of juvenile ravens, very noisy.

>>5005945
>yup, its talons

they are gurgle-screaming with water in the mouth lol

>>5003749 (OP)
>pardalote
Good thread

Apologies for atrocious pictures, but what is he? Never seen anything like him before. In the Midwest.

Also saw a pair of brown thrashes today, which I'd never seen before. Very pretty birds. Much more vivid color in person than you would expect from pictures.

>>5009245
Eastern towhee

>>5003749 (OP)
i like how dainty some birds look

>>5009246
>>5009250
>>5009307
>>5009344
It's gasping and closing its eyes more and more and seems injured
I don't know how to care for it
Should I put it out of its misery?
I'd probably decapitate it to ensure fast stop to sensations and consciousness.
Or should I leave it to die slowly?
Breaks my heart to be honest.
Saw it laying outside at 28°C so probably some cat tgat asshole owner didn't put a bell on bit it

>>5009719
nvm, it stopped moving :(
Was likely bitten by some cat
Put a bell on your cat folks

>>5009746
a bell doesn't do literally anything. total scam just like tnr

Saw this bid at work. It looks like it's malnourished. Work started poisoning a bunch of birds so its parents probably died or something. It came up pretty close to me while all the other birds were warning it lol. I stood up and it got scared and ran away.
>>5009746
F. Birds are fragile.
>>5009868
No way a bell totally warns birds about a cat.

Barred owl right above me yesterday.

Wish I took a photo, but I just saw a Yellow Cardinal

Does anyone know full sauce/vid?

Where I live there's lots of fields and tons of bugs, so birds get bored and fly in front of cars for fun, kinda like playing chicken. They will even time when two cars are about to pass each other and fly in between both (2 lane road.) The cars are going 65mph lol.

Once when I was driving to work it was a very windy day, and a bird was using tailwinds to fly fast. He was literally flying at least 55mph.

I want to leave some water for local birds.
I only have a supershallow small teaplatter and a bowl thats perhaps too deep. Would the platter be good enough?

>>5010249
what is happening?

Two pigeons made a nest in the balcony of our apartment and had two babies.
Whenever I get close the parents just fly away, leaving their kids to my mercy.
Why are they such cowards?

Also the surface of the balcony is more covered in shit than not.

>>5010580
A bowl isn't that dangerous but i feel like a lot of birds can't drink properly in it
If you have a plant saucer it's really the best cause they can also wash themselves in it

>>5010689
are they domestic rock pigeons? take them in. they can be friends.

>>5010580
Try the bowl but fill it with pebbles so birds don't drown in it :]

>>5010704
Yes, and no thanks (the entire balcony is a sufficient amount of shit for me, also one of them doesn't have feet and it makes me sad)

>>5010705
>so birds don't drown in it
How do these retards even survive in nature?

>>5010710
they don't desu, if ground predators like feral cats and foxes (and coyotes if you live in a third world country) weren't a thing you would just kind of see bird corpses on the ground regularly. they're very fragile.

>>5010689
two pigeons tried to nest on my balcony but after breaking their "nest" and scaring them away for like two weeks, several times a day they finally fucked off (to the roof) and probably have a nest there now

>>5010582
Unclear.
Original title was "mother hen crying over her dead babies" but it could be just REALLY hot and she is regulating her temps by opening beak and breathing real fast

Is there something I can/should do about this nest exposed to the sun in my parents' backyard?

Just saw a waterthrush for the first time. Northern or Louisiana I don't know. I saw it foraging on the ground, kind of bobbing and swaying like a woodcock. I was like shit what's that... ovenbird? Brought up ovenbird on allaboutbirds and hmm that's not it, but the very first similar species result is.

>>5011077
Eat the bird and the eggs.
t. raccoon

>>5011125
This video shows how they bounce ass while walking around. Good confirmation that that's what I saw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjKfxsx71s

Good news. I've accidentally formed a multi-species gang of birds on my street because I'm the only one taking care of my front garden.
This'll surely go well.

>>5011137
Animals tend to be less aggressive when they are well fed. Like all those videos of supervised animals playing together.

At work the crows like to bully the pigeons lol.

>>5011137
>>5011149
Let's say I start befriending the crows of my area by giving them food every day and shouting some word when I do.
Could I hypothetically use that word to call some aerial support in case I get mugged or something near my house?

>>5011137
There was an abandoned fully feathered crow fledgling in my yard. I kept him food for five times a day. He used to eat well but eventually he started eating less. He died today. Maybe I should have taken him in and cared for him instead of hoping that he would habilitated soon and fly away. I'm sorry that I let him down. I hope he didn't suffer much.

>>5003749 (OP)
I'll never understand the hate for grackles. I find them beautiful and hilarious.

>>5011421
It was your cooking that killed him

>>5011150
Probably, but you'd need to train them to associate the word with you, and not your presence meaning food.

>>5011478
I thought crows would eat anything.

>>5011482
Not your cooking apparently

>>5011490
It's ok I killed small animals with my cooking as well, it happens sometimes man

>>5011425
They tend to come in large numbers, which is irritating. They also make harsh sounds instead of a pleasant song. I don't hate them but I don't really love them either.

>>5003749 (OP)
Helo. Birdwatcher Newfag here. Also a poorfag. I currently do not have much money to spend on a mirrorless camera with a telescope lens but I like watching birds and uploading them sights on my inaturalist profile.
I was thinking in buying one of these cheap telescope eyepiece cameras and a field monocular from aliexpress.
Any experiences with similar set ups or any advice

>>5005046
Oh my god what a cutiepie. My pet chicken would also close her eyes when you scratched her head.

>>5011708
I bought some cheap ~15€ monocular from aliexpress like two years ago, and it was flat out horrendous
also had some ~30€ binoculars from ali that I used seldomly for a year. thought they were decent at the time, and I was quite happy with them, but once I got Nikon Prostaff P3's (~110€) the difference was huge

with optics, I feel like you can't go too cheap, but if your budget is very tight I'm not gonna shill more expensive ones to you. I'd have a look at 2nd hand market.

I have a cardinal that visits my feeder and just generally hangs out in my back yard. He's missing most of the feathers on his head so I've come to start calling him The Friar. I don't know why he's bald, I think he may have been attacked by something

>>5012773
Lmao

zomg I see a baby hairy woodpecker getting fed suet by his mommy it's so cute I'm so happy birds can form babby in my yard

I am guessing it's a boy because it has a very faded red patch on the head

>>5010689
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>>5010689
WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT BIRD MITES???
I'm killing all 4 of them right now wtf, this is the last time I'm ever nice to an animal again.

>>5013299
thought the amount of shit would be enough for you to want to get rid of them

>>5013370
I never go in the balcony anyway so as long as the mess is contained there I can make the sacrifice, but now that it's following me inside it's not worth it.
I'm constantly finding them crawling on me FUCK

>>5010710
You see the survivors and ones smart enough to not drown. The pebbles trick is used for beekeepers too since it helps prevent bees from falling in and being unable to get out. Most birds would likely be kind of fine due to the waterproof feathers, but if they fall in and panic it can be bad. Or bad for owls who can't get water on their feathers without being weighed down. Birds get most of their water from the foods they eat regardless, so it's not common that they need to be going near very many large bodies of water.

>>5013612
>owls who can't get water on their feathers without being weighed down
Mmh, I see why the association with libraries...
Until today I thought they were supposed to be the librarian, but they're really the stinky hobo who never showers and fights with the blacks (crows).
Fascinating

Birb is best bird

>>5013602
Just spray the pigeons with mite spray once a day for a week

>>5010582
>>5010826
Yeah its almost certainly overheating. Could be the weather or the bird has a fever that is causing it to overheat

Bird just flew into my house! It flew right back out though.

>>5014438
shouldve closed the doors quick

>>5014441
It was too fast for that, besides I don't want it, it was either a cowbird or a young grackle

turks in the rain

Does anyone know who this is?

I found a baby bird, not yet a fledgling needs more feathers, I put it in a box and put the box in the nearest tree. momma bird is crying like crazy because she can't see the baby and the baby won't make any noise to attract attention. wat do? should I put it back on the ground?

>>5014598
How is putting it in a box in the nearest tree not a thousand times worse than leaving it where you found it?

>>5014601
>than leaving it where you found it?
on the hot sidewalk being eaten by ants?

>>5014438
Normally they just fly into the glass super hard.

At work there are some very large windows, and birds regularly fly into them. A couple impacts are so hard it literally knocked the shit out of the birds.

>>5014625
Its my sliding door so when its closed there's a screen. Birds still fly into the screen sometimes.

>>5014571
little blue heron, i'd say

Big raven convention this morning, 3 very loud youngsters. I think dad got some peanuts and ate them right in front of the begging kids like "fuck you, learn to get your own"

So I have nowhere else to ask this, so here it goes;

A mourning dove decided to hide itself in my garage to escape a predatory bird (I think it was some sort of hawk), and now im wondering what to do. Like Im aware the lil guy is probably shitting itself in fear, but I cant really let it stay in there and cant keep the garage door open forever either, so is there any tricks I could use not to make it panic needlessly? Pretty sure the hawk is long gone as it got chased away by grackles.

Twas pretty fucking dope to see, wasnt expecting to see that this morning.

>>5010010
>Work started poisoning a bunch of birds
Third world country?

>>5014915
doves are too dumb to panic
just scare it away

>>5014915
>any tricks I could use not to make it panic needlessly?
not really, they're really flighty birds. they panic and fly off as soon as they see movement. it natural for them

>>5014923
The groundskeepers are Mexican, and barely speak english, so pretty much.

looking for the name of a bird i saw in oslo, norway
same size as a blackbird, but it was brown with white spots and was more aggressive, made scrapping sounds
there were plenty of it everywhere in the parks

>>5015607
fieldfare or mistle thrush probably

Watched my bluebirds fledge yesterday, around noon the last shy one came out at the parents urging. Their second nest in my yard this year. Later I was outside and went to pull some dandelions under my apple tree and they were in the tree, started flying around me and freaking out so of course I left them alone, but I did walk past again to check my mail and saw one of the fledglings standing on a nearby rock, spacing out and completely unafraid of me.

I really wish I had thought to take a pic but I kind of stopped in my tracks when I saw it and just looked closely to confirm it was one of the baby bluebirds, and was being still trying to not scare it, then heard the parents chattering at me like "get away from it!" so I moved along.

Somebody else's pic attached, that's what it looked like. Nice dark blue plumage.

>>5010689
>>5013299
>>5013954
Update:
The pigeons are growing and every time I peak around the curtains they scurry back into the nest like little ladies trying to run with high heels. It's pretty cute but the mite thing is a problem.
I didn't want to risk hurting the birds so I decided to simply keep the balcony doors closed until they leave the nest, and only clean up afterwards.
The problem with that plan was that it's unbearably hot here and I need that balcony for air, so I got impatient and decided to go the mite spray route.
I didn't have any so I asked my neighbor and he had an old can of Raid generic bug spray that he came to spray for me.
I asked him multiple times "are you sure they're going to be fine?" to which he responded reassuringly "of course, I've done this before". He's a retired groundskeeper for a local school so I trusted him.
We waited for all four of them to be together and while blocking the entrance to the little nook they're in with his hand he started drenching the poor fuckers. At least 3 full seconds of spraying.
The babies didn't make any noise, just started violently flapping their wings up and down like they were slapping the floor, then after maybe 5 seconds they stopped moving.
Meanwhile, as soon as they could, the parents immediately flew away but at about 2 meters from the balcony they essentially turned into bricks and fell 8 floors into the concrete below.
I'm wide-eyed trying to process what happened when this motherfucker shrugs and says "eh", then grabs the two babies, tosses them over the railing and says "not a problem anymore" while dusting off his hands.
I start crying and say "but you said they'd be ok" and he replies "it happens hehe" and leaves like nothing happened.
During this CRIME that lasted maybe 1 minute, at least 300 mites came inside and got into the carpet (the spray did fuck all to them).
I don't even know how to feel. I want to say fuck birds, but also I've been crying this entire afternoon.
Pic related.

>>5015757
kek

I love those little niggers like you wouldn't believe.
Every time I see them zooming around the block my day becomes just a little bit brighter.
Every time I hear them screaming in the air, I cant help but smile.
To me, they are the birdiest birds to ever birb on this world.

I saw some Terns last weeks, first time seeing one. Quite unique flight patterns, was doing these crazy right-angel dives, bombing towards the ground (or actually might have been a lake there, view was partially obstructed).

>>5015757
Discounting the fact this is obviously not a true story:
>Raid
I meant mite spray for use on birds you colossal retard

>>5014915
Make a wood box with acrylic back panel inside your garage, cut a hole in the side of your house for it to leave if it wants, observable bird nest.

>>5015757
Is your groundskeeper friend Mexican?

>>5015757
Is your groundskeeper friend Willie from the Simpsons?

>>5015810
>>5015762
>>5015901
>>5016017
Stop giving (you)s to troll posts unless you want more of them

>>5016038
>NO FUN ALLOWED IN THE BIRD THREAD!
>ONLY SERIOUS DEBATES!

>>5016038
>>5016168
Birb endorses fun in bird threads.
The Queen has spoken.

had to take down all my feeders it sucks

there's like 200 grackles and they won't leave. if I put out any food they eat it and shit everywhere.

I accidentally knocked down a nest today when I was trimming a juniper... holy fuck I feel fucking horrible. I didn't expect a nest to be there, especially in late July ;_;

There's too many fucking grackles and they are shitting everywhere. So many baby grackles. I took away all the food now they are just eating their own crusted shit.

Please go away grackles

>>5019141
here it's the same with jackdaws, I like them, though. literal armies of them and some isolated fledglings on roads I like to walk through.

Poor baby ravens, one of them took 6 of the 8 hot dog pieces I put out, now the other 3 are just standing there looking at the spot like more might appear.

>>5019141
>>5019153
>>5019699
Such a disgraceful piece of shit animal

>>5019141
>>5019153
>>5019699
What a disgraceful piece of shit animal

i love these little fellers, they look like they’re wearing clown makeup

>>5006800
And so is this post desu

>put a plant outside hoping to get some nice Cilantro growing
>Dove comes in and claims it
>now it's another bird perch
I have plenty of feeders set up. This Dove is lucky it looks cute.

>>5009245
Get Merlin bird on your phone, its OP.

A blue jay landed on me by accident then it flew away

Maybe since I didn't do anything to it, it will think I'm safe landing and do it again. I wanna get pooped on by a blue jay.

How common is interspecies corvid mating? On my.commute path I've noticed a single carrion crow that hangs out with a group of rooks and seems particularly close to one of them.

>>5023427
They probably fuck but aren't interspecies compatible
just because birds will fuck most anything

These house wren (Maryland area) babies lived in a birdhouse by my porch. A day or two ago I captured this photo of them crying out for food from mom. Today they are gone! Do they look old enough to be fledglings and jump out of the nest? The bird house is hanging on our porch and it would be impossible for a raccoon or anything to reach it. I also saw bird poop on our porch today which might be a sign they were flopping around down there a bit. I just hope they got to leave the nest and didn't get snatched out by a crow or something!

Does anyone know what species this figure represents?
The description of the product says "Kokinme Owl"

>>5025836
Athene noctua

What's a place where you can see a dense concentration of various raptor species?

>>5025904
Thank you

>>5003749 (OP)
Someone post a potoo

>look outside
>see birds
>day instantly better
how do they do it bros

>>5003749 (OP)
I have 2 zebra finches, they are currently building a nest. The problem is that they are absolutely manic about this, its all they do. It doesnt matter what i put into the cage, they use food and everything as nest material.

Do i just let them go nuts with this? They can barely enter the woven nest now with all the shit they put into it

>>5007636
Lol. Based human

If you met a bird that could talk, what would you ask them?

>>5028788
This doesn't look green

>>5029293
Does it really make a difference whether it's male or female

who here /p/?

>>5029750
me

I found this fella with a bloody wing today.

>>5029776
mate they're bloody birds ! they all got bloody wings mate

>>5029787
Curse me if there ain’t an old
tar spirit somewheres in ye, lad.

Could I build one of these with an unfinished low amp/high volt circuit so birds would be fine but any animal that tries to climb onto it would get a harmless but nasty jab? Would catfags murder me if I did?

>>5030035
Fire hazard.

any pigeon keepers here?
what're some good resources for beginners?

>>5031340
Town Square or train stations seem to be a great resource for pigeons

There's a couple very bright orange songbirds that live along this walking trail near me that I'm fairly sure aren't native to Arizona but idk what they are. I can't take a photo either because they always move, but they look so cool. Anyone have any idea if what they may be? They're usually always alone too if that helps

>>5031358
I have a flock of passenger pigeons in my backyard, what do?

Sa was little ball of fluff wriggling on the ground and thought it was a feather. Nope, a small fledgling or something. I moved it away from the sidewalk so it wouldn't get stepped on. And put it on a big leaf so it's easier to see. Looks like it fell out of the nest and had a small injury from hitting a rock.

Hopefully tomorrow it's gone from its parent picking it back up! I can't climb the tree to put it back.

Saw a little ball of fluff wriggling on the ground and thought it was a feather. Nope, a small fledgling or something. I moved it away from the sidewalk so it wouldn't get stepped on. And put it on a big leaf so it's easier to see. Looks like it fell out of the nest and had a small injury from hitting a rock.

Hopefully tomorrow it's gone from its parent picking it back up! I can't climb the tree to put it back.

Update: Yay it's gone. Started getting dark and I think a parent picked it up.

It was kinda funny. When I first interacted with it, it opened its beak up like I had food. I tried clearing some dirt from under the rock gravel. It didn't want water lol. Those are like 1 inch rocks. Tiny guy. Had to be super careful picking him up. Really had to have them fall into my hand more than actually picking them up.

*let them fall into my hand. No way I could intentionally pluck them up.

>>5032300
Alot of the time the young birds will fall out of the nest because of idiocy and the parents have no problems finding them and caring for them while they kind of just live on the ground in a bush or something

been cultivating backyard feeders for the past 8 months.
Lots of mourning doves, robins, mocking birds, blue birds, woodpeckers, bluejays, cardinals.... finally coaxed a murder of crows to feed regularly with
> 3 feeders, bath, large Oak tree and 700 sq feet fenced backyard.

The last 2 weeks no birds or squirrels come to feed. Either its too hot or local predators have made it radioactive (red tailed hawks and swallow-tailed kites have been known to attack once in a while). I noticed that my platform feeder got mangled (5' high) violently and figured this must be what happened.

Anything to bring birds back for feeding?

>>5033788
Cute

>>5028773
They managed to hatch atleast one little finch, its hard to tell if theres more since they are fucking tiny and hiding inside an already snug nest.

Sure as shit is ugly though

>>5036847
pics

>>5029750
sparrows are so cute desu

>>5033856
Based. Also, no, the raptors (if that's what you're dealing with) will have to move on of their own accord once their prey animals learn to avoid the area, raptors will stick to a region as long as it remains a prey-rich environment conducive successful hunts.

>>5036899
thats not a sparrow, it looks like a female or juvenile house finch

>>5003749 (OP)
I love birds

>>5028788
Fowl are underappreciated

>>5036851
4 alive as of yesterday evening.

>>5037778
Taking pics of them is a pain in the ass, the parents are sitting on them or losing their shit to the fullest every time im near them. But everything seems fine i guess, i have seen them feed the chicks multiple times and the adults are taking turns caring for them while the other is eating and all of that.

There's a small hole in my office skylight. Small leaves and dust blow in, but sometimes down feathers will find their way in.
>>5037781
Lol nice. TY for the pic

>>5038465
>>5038467
cute

Assigned quail at birth.

I accidentally recorded bird porn. Upload?
>>5038467
Amazing pictures.

>>5039751
Swooped in right after feeding while all the chick were still going nuts.
They make a surprising amount of noise already, in a cozy way

>>5039751
yes please

>>5040493
OK I'll upload tomorrow night

>>5003749 (OP)
I put out my feeders yesterday after having taken them down a few years ago due to depressive episode.

The birbs have returned this morning. I hope we get some to eat some of the bugs around here too.
Total buzzer death.
God I love birbs.

I think I most want to see a gold finch or tufted titmouse on my feeders. What would they like the most?

I currently have a suet block out, the main feeder has a mix of black sunflower seeds, millet, crushed corn, and I believe a few other types of seeds, and my secondary has pure thistle seed. Hoping that attracts the finches.

>>5040493
Here is your bird sex, sir. Sorry about the low quality, it's due to 4chan's filesize limit.

>>5015779
based, i love swifts too, no other bird spends so much of its life in flight, they pretty much only ever land for nesting

>>5042371
That must be how astronauts feel

nigger

>>5032742
>YOU DIED

How did the first migratory birds even conceive of traveling to other hemispheres each year? It sorta implies a human like wanderlust.

>>5043784
Probably not. They probably just liked hanging with the bros and wanted somewhere with better weather. Also animals have that weird thing where they can feel the earth's magnetic field or something, and use it for navigation.

>>5038467
Chicks are looking healthy.

Surprised how big the difference between the largest and the smallest are in size, but they are 6 days apart.

Parent birds doing well also, they recently stopped sleeping in the nest, i guess its too crowded now, they chill in a dark corner together, i put up a blanket so its always pretty dark just there.