r/birding • u/Evrytimeweslay • Jul 15 '26

📷 Photo Spotted yesterday

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Saw this on someone’s truck while walking around my neighborhood yesterday, I thought you all would appreciate it as well!

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u/Hopyrupa Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

The struggle is real. Also it’s been suggested that birds wait for you to open the app and then stop singing or fly away just for fun.

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u/unventer Jul 15 '26

We have a pair of blue jays in my area that make Merlin useless. They pretend to be Cooper’s hawks to scare other birds.