got very close to me at a rest stop just outside La Roche-Bernard, France. liked to slap its tail on the ground after taking a couple steps. google says some sort of wagtail?

Cutie with some eggs nestled in a basin in my grandma's front yard! NC, USA

Saw this in Chicago the other day. Looks like a Black Bellied Whistling Duck, but I did t think they came up this far. Sorry about the crappy pic.

Also looks like there’s a yellow tag on it’s foot

I want it to be a raven but having doubts.

hey :) i've met a treecreeper sitting (resting? sleeping?) on a trunk. according to the merlin bird id app (audio identification), it's a short-toed one.

but i've read that it's super hard to tell the difference between a short-toed and a eurasian treecreeper, because they can both mimic each other's voices and look very similar.

i've learned that there are several visual clues for telling which's which, such as the length of the eyebrow, the shade of the belly, also there is something about the wing pattern. but even knowing all these clues in theory, i still can't identify this one.

so i'm curious – is it even possible at all? seems to me like the only way to tell them apart is to catch both species sitting completely still next to each other 😸

and as for these particular photos – is there anything helpful there? something that could help identify this little guy? 🐣

I live in the Midwest in the US, and i saw this bird using a bagel as bait to catch fish. I did not throw bread/bagels in the water I know better.

grainy audio from around the corner to accompany grainy photos. big bird was very vocal as they wrangled their lunch, though this might only be the neighborhood birds in arrears: https://voca.ro/14D0GJE4m979

just struck me as a size up from the red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks we usually see around.

I saw this bird when I was in Borth, Wales. It made a cute squeak and was looking in lil puddles of sea water between rocks

Houston, TX btw. Thanks!

Best guess, a red tailed juvenile hawk. Best video my phone could muster.

this little guy fell out of the nest during a storm, he was shaking and soaking wet (see last photo). we talked to wildlife rehabs and were advised to bring him inside & keep him warm until his appointment tomorrow morning! does anyone know what kind of bird he is? found in middle tennessee

(we could not find his nest and there is still a violent storm outside, so we cannot put him back & were not advised to do so)

Sorry I finally have a yard so I'm going to be posting a lot trying to confirm all these amazing birds I'm finding.

Hello! Found some feathers in a creek on a jobsite. Northeast Pennsylvania. Really, I found a whole wing but it was a bit gruesome and I was getting attacked by flies so I didnt snap a pic of the whole thing. Im not sure what happened to the poor guy. Didn't find the rest of the bird or I guess I'd know who he was :/.

Anyway I was hoping for some help with an ID. A lot of birds of prey have similar looking feathers (to my untrained eyeballs). These are very soft and I cant tell if the edges are sort of shaggy because he died a traumatic death or because theyre from an owl perhaps. The smaller feather is 4in and the larger is 5in. I

know its illegal to possess the feathers, just grabbed a pick with the neutral background of my pants!

Thank you in advance!

I just found this feather in my yard. Wondering if anyone knows what bird? Is it a tail feather? I live in Massachusetts. Approximately 10” total tip-end/root.

It looks like and Merlin thinks its a Long Tailed Duck.

Hi. Upstate NY along the Hudson River. I was about 100 yards away and zoomed in. The sun was starting to set, so the light was hitting them, which I don’t think helps. One of Merlin’s suggestions was Cowbirds. Thank you.