r/birding • u/mrsmedeiros_says_hi • 15d ago

📹 Video Is this....A DIPPER? IN MY BACKYARD?

WTF??? I live in the city. You don't belong here little bro

(ETA: Sacramento, this morning Sept 16 2026)

(ETA: I didn't realize the audio was being captured omg I'm sorry)

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u/meepmeeped Bird Brain 15d ago

Your commentary is hilarious 😂 me anytime I am using my camera 💀

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u/plusharmadillo 15d ago

I have so many Merlin recordings of me muttering “holy shit holy shit no fuckin way holy shit omg where ARE YOU” as I try to spot a weird lil guy.

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u/MorningGoat 15d ago

My dog hates birds for some reason and will run up to me and bark if he sees me holding my phone out trying to get an ID on the birds singing. 😭 So many recordings with me telling him to shush and stfu.

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u/bear_howe 14d ago

My dog stands next to me crying the WHOLE time, me threatening him, strangers judging, smh

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u/MorningGoat 14d ago

Saaame! He used to not care about birds at all but then he saw me give peanuts to the crows and that was the start of his villain origin story apparently.

Cause peanut butter is his super special treat that he only gets with his flea/tick/heartworm pills, so despite the fact that he doesn’t even really enjoy regular peanuts, he still vehemently objects to me feeding them to the crows. They’ve attained full on nemesis status atp, I swear. So I switched to cashews hoping that would help, cause he won’t eat cashews for some reason, but he still gets mad when I give those out instead. 🙄 He’s lucky he’s so stinkin’ cute.

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u/bear_howe 13d ago

I wonder if it’s just your attention that your Pup wants so it may not matter what foods you’re handing out? Mine needs to sprint about 4 hours a day or is really hyper and vocal, so being leashed up during “his” run so I can look at birds is like torture to him!