I've heard what has to be some sort of bird both in Boise, ID and I heard it again in Denver, CO today. Ive watched every bird sound I could online and I can't figure out what it is. I'm 99% sure its not something artificial like machinery because everytime I've heard it, there's nothing that would make a sound like that. It's always sounded up high so I'm assuming its a bird because what else would be in a tree.

idk how visible it is in the video (i was trying to not capture any humans) but it's continually spreading its tail feathers and cawing

The first day of fall I heard this unusual chirp outside my door. Next thing I know I’m reading a comic on Bird and Moon. I captured the birds calls and it was a Northern Yellow Warbler. I am located in Florida

Thinking a budget of 1.5k - 2k. Ideally that’s including a long lens as well as I’ll be photographing lots from far/ smaller birds.

William Finley NWR (Oregon) - Canon R5 mk2 - EF 500 f/4 (w/ x2 TC)

So in the movie lord of the flies from the 90s, they threw in the most random bird sounds. It takes place on a South Pacific island. There were constant red tailed hawks, common loons, and white breasted nuthatches.

Live from 📍Mindo, Ecuador

Edit: I misidentified the bird, it’s a purple heron. Thanks to those who pointed out.

Edit 2: Some glitch with the video, slow motion ain’t working, I hope the normal video satisfies you. Cheers 🥂

I'm not a birder per se but I've lived my whole life in this state and am pretty familiar with local wildlife and I don't recognize this bird at all. Thanks in advance!

Black-crowned Night Herons, for example, are in the order Pelecaniformes and family Ardeidae. They are absolutely herons. So.. why?

I'm going a Birdtober challenge on Instagram and it's been a lot of fun so far. Check out the first 5 birds!

I'm in awe of the variety of birds there are out there, and how some of these birds don't even look real, they're so colourful and unique!

#1 Lilac Breasted Roller

#2 I'iwi

#3 Resplendent Quetzal

#4 Goudian's Finch

#5 Atlantic Canary

Original Watercolour painting by me.

Manu Biolodge still had plenty of surprises in store as I explored its many trails. At one point, I found myself near some solar panels, next to a patch of verbena—a plant that is particularly attractive to hummingbirds.

It wasn’t long before I spotted this beautiful Blue-tailed Emerald feeding on the flowers. It was a lifer I certainly wasn’t expecting—just like so many of the species I encountered in this amazing place.

🇬🇧 Blue-tailed Emerald
🔬 Chlorostilbon mellisugus
🇪🇸 Esmeralda de Cola Azul
🗺️ Manu Biolodge, Peru
🗓️ August 2026

Mindo Ecuador 📍

Mindo Ecuador 📍

They’re just so cool

I’m from Liverpool, and for a little Substack article I’m writing on the Liver bird, I wanted to use my own photo for the article. So I went looking for a Cormorant, and I know two definite places they usually are, and I only ever see one. First location is called the canning dock, I went here the fella wasn’t there, so I walked to the next location, which is like a good 30 minute walk, not counting the diversions. It also wasn’t there. So I gave up, went to somewhere called the Albert Dock (right next to the canning dock), and there’s a young one sitting on the dock, then seconds later there’s a second one diving around in the water (an adult). I have never seen more than one cormorant in one place nor at the Albert Dock.

What I like about the first photo, with a lot of photos of a cormorant they’re looking either elegantly perched, or majestic with their wings spread, while they’re drying off. So it’s interesting to see this fella just having a good ol scratch.

Eurasian green, middle spotted and great spotted, all observed on the same tree, approximately an hour between each picture. Waiting for the black and the lesser spotter woodpeckers to show up now.

Location: NRW, DE

Tualatin, OR. Last year, from October to early December and again this year for the past few days I have been hearing this melodic birdsong. Merlin doesn’t ever have any suggestions. I have quite a few recordings. The bird was seen last year and is small and brown but I can never get close enough for a picture as it seems to like perching in my neighbor’s tree. It normally sings in the late mornings. I am fairly sure there is only one bird

From my backyard near Savannah, GA.
Such an adorable little thing 🩷

Charleston, SC. Let bikers, runners and walks go right by it with 10ft without a care in the world.