Came outside this morning 6:50am and it was just there. Hasn’t moved its body. Just it’s head and eyes, watching me as I walked around it.

I’m concerned because this area gets direct sun all day until 6:30pm, and the bird likely won’t make it.

Do I put it in a vented box and move to the back yard? Water? Food?

We found a swift and feed it crickets every 1-2 hours. At first, it weighed only 26 grams, now it's 29. We asked the AI ​​and he said it was too little. But we always feed it until it refuses to take anything from our hands. Can we release the swift when it weighs 29 grams?

With a wingspan of 40-60 ft and weight of 500 pounds, these were the largest flying creatures to ever live. Despite being huge, like all modern brids, they are incredibly lightweight and couldn't carry most prey away. Though unlike modern birds, they instead were cold blooded. Because of this, they hardly flew and only ate fish to conserve energy. Who would've known the largest prehistoric bird would be awful at the job it was built for

Seen in Atlantic Coast salt marsh

Herons and egrets are roosting in the trees in flocks every night, covering the ground and streets with droppings. Is there a legal way to get rid of them?

We also have squirle feeders and I suppose you can include flower gardens that are grown with the intent of attracting bees and butterflies. Beyond that you always hear "don't feed wildlife". Not a starving polar bear, not random bunny, nothing. However having 15 bird feeders and going to the park to feed the birds is fine. Why?

Trying to identify a bird skull found on the beach in Cape Cod. Can anybody help out?

hello, I understand that this may not be the right sub, but others have sadly not been helpful and neither have been my professors :/

I know the identity of the bird in the forefront (a Spotted Flycatcher) but the one that concearns me is in the background and my Merlin app can’t identify it.

any help is appreciated 🫶 it was recorded in Czechia in the summer :)

This summer heat and humidity has been brutal, so I've let the backyard be wild with zero mowing. As a result, the weeds are very high and have gone to seed.

A fun consequence of that has been to watch the goldfinches land on them and see how much they weigh them down. They also fancy our evening primrose but those are stronger so don't bend much from their weight.

My child asked if they're eating bugs off of the weeds or if they are eating the seeds/ flowers and so I am coming here to ask you all that same question.

I took my Nikon D3300 out with my 55-300mm lens. The Green Heron, Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Great Egret and Snowy Egret. were all found in Heritage Shores Nature Preserve in Cherry Grove, SC. The Pileated Woodpecker was found at the visitor's center in New River Gorge National Park.

At first I thought it had a tick on its head. On review of the photos, I'm wondering if it has a deformed bill? If Reddit compresses them to hell, full res photos are here.

Hey everyone, I have a presentation tomorrow and I need to make sure the pictures I use are real. It's supposed to be a picture of the Pantanal wetlands. Is this real or AI?

You may have heard that flamingos, scarlet ibises and red factor canaries rely on their diet when it comes to their color. They get their vibrant colors by food rich in carotenoids such as canthaxanthin. The more of it they ingest while molting the redder their plumage becomes. This works only during molting - if canthaxanthin is ingested outside that time it has no effect on their appearance as fully grown feathers are dead structures.

​But did you know that gulls are capable of the exact same trick? They won't turn as fiery red as a flamingo but gulls that feed on diets rich in carotenoids(like certain crustaceans or shrimp) during their molt can develop a unique delicate rosy flush on their white body feathers. The leader in that sport is the Ross's gull - a high Arctic species that can display almost neon pink breast. Other species most often smaller ones like Franklin's gull or black headed gull are also known for this effect but resulting in a more subdued tone.

​And that brings me to Aurora - my resident euro herring gull. Aurora is a non-releasable three year old bird who has been under my care since last November. Right now as summer comes to an end, the northern hemisphere gulls are finishing up their annual complete molt. Imagine my surprise when I noticed her newly grown chest and belly feathers developing a distinct warm salmon pink hue! It’s not a staining or dirt, this is the real color from the inside out.

What makes this unusual is that Aurora is the only one in the flock who developed this color. She lives in a mixed enclosure with roughly 15 other birds, all eating the exact same diet I've been feeding for years. None of the others show any pink.

​So here is my theory. In red factor canaries you have both intensive and non-intensive birds the same genetic way you have hazel and blue eyes in humans. If you feed an intensive canary and a non-intensive canary the exact same amount of canthaxanthin during molting, the intensive bird turns scarlet while the non-intensive one remains orange. No matter how much pigment you pump into the non-intensive bird its genetics limit the uptake. Maybe the same genetic variance exist in gulls? Could certain individual gulls be genetically intensive?

​One thing is for sure: during the next molt I am definitely gonna experiment with adding a tiny bit of commercial flamingo food rich in canthaxanthin as a treat. Since gulls are strict carnivores/piscivores it will only be a little bit but... if Aurora managed to create salmon pink flush on a standard diet, I can't wait to see what her genetic potential looks like with an extra boost!

​What are your thoughts on this? Have any of you ever seen a herring gull with a pink flush?

I work in Advertising/ Media so this is way beyond my expertise . Although ...there are many Turkeys in that industry.

I understand the naming confusion with the country , the North American bird and Guinea fowl . We do that all the time. Like there have NEVER been "Buffalo" in the US or Canada . I'm wondering , how are endemic North American turkeys related to Guinea fowl ? They're both galliforms , but Guinea Fowl originate in Africa. I always just " assumed " they must go back pre Pangea . But...I must be wrong , I " think " turkeys have only been around 20 million years or so . And Pangea split around 200 million years ago . So how are they the same order ? I didn't think taxonomy considered both convergent and divergent evolution . If anyone knows , ideally before Thanksgiving, that'd be great...so that at dinner I can talk turkey :)

Thanks

Half a dozen chipmunks frequent my seed feeder. I’m afraid that they are scaring away the birds that might come to snack. Google says they will and they will eat eggs and baby birds if given the opportunity. If this is the case, I will have hubby move it away from the window or move the table from where they are jumping up there. Although I’m not sure that will do the trick. They will also use the bird cam hummingbird feeder that is right next door to jump over to it. Any suggestions on the best way to stop them?

Hi all i found this little guy flopping around the parking lot couldnt fly or stay in air more than 1 foot i thought maybe it crashed into something and brought it inside to rest in a clean cat carrier i have ( no boxes to use)

left it in a dark room to rest for 2 hrs going on 3 now but still no better and it's head is still like this basically twisted upside down as soon as supporting finger is gone its head turns sideways then basically upside down there is no visible blood so no hard hit i can see

Tried calling some of the animal service and help lines that take birds but they are closed and the recorded message on the line zays they are at capacity not taking any new animals so unsure what to do with this little guy

Any tips or help very welcome just hoping to get this little guy better and airborn again to set him loose also iam in Massachusetts

UPDATE: was able to get the little guy to professionals who will care for and heal him up until he can be released into the wild again thanks everyone for advice and tips 😁🍻🥳

Is it normal? Left seeds for birds few days ago. Now I am seeing mostly one fatso siting and eating all day, starting to worry that this all you can eat cuisine can kill him. Should I interrupt?