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  1. A (very angry) Ruby-throated hummingbird

    A (very angry) Ruby-throated hummingbird

    What do you do when the feeder's empty? Give her the stink-eye: she has cats; so don't worry, she'll know exactly what it means.
    • Barbie Heid
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    • archilochus colubris archilochus colubris female backyard birds birds of new england birds of north america female hummingbird green bird hummingbird hummingbird back yard migrating birds nectar nectar eater ruby throated hummingbird small bird
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  2. That annoying itch you just can't scratch (Ruby-throated hummingbird)

    That annoying itch you just can't scratch (Ruby-throated hummingbird)

    Don't you just hate that? Unlike many gardeners and birders, I only have a ten-day window to catch this little female Ruby-throated hummingbird. She always stops by, alone, on her way south to wherever during the first or second week of September, and then I don't see her again until the...
    • Barbie Heid
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    • archilochus colubris archilochus colubris female backyard birds bird with red throat birds of new england birds of north america birds that like flowers green bird hummingbird migrating birds nectar nectar eater ruby throated humming bird female ruby throated hummingbird small bird
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  3. Fledgling house finch

    Fledgling house finch

    Fledgling season in the yard: house finches arriving at the feeders for the first time without their parents. They're learning very quickly to take a position under the suet feeder, unlike their parents who prefer thistle.
    • Barbie Heid
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    • backyard birds birds of connecticut birds of new england backyard birds birds of north america finch fledgling haemorhous mexicanus haemorhous mexicanus house finch house finch house finch (immature) house finch (male) house finch carpodacus carduelinae fringillidae passeriformes migrating birds passeriformes small bird
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  4. J

    Elusive bird

    Hi all, Does anyone know the name of this bird. It has been an elusive one to capture on camera, but I finally got it. It was way too fast. South Africa, GP.
  5. W

    Brown little bird fell in my house

    Hello, I live in Morocco, North Africa. A bird (pictures below) fell on the rooftop a few days ago and I fail to figure out what's wrong with it or how to help it. This is the information I gathered about it: It seems unable to fly but able to jump short distances. It doesn't bring its wings up...
  6. M

    Song identification for southeastern Arizona small bird

    Hello all, I've been attempting to identify a song we've been hearing for about the past three weeks in midtown Tucson, Arizona. I haven't been able to get a good look, as they're most often tucked in trees, but they are definitely smaller than a Robin, short beak, non-distinct features. I saw...
  7. Titmouse Tuffted giving directions

    Titmouse Tuffted giving directions

    Titmouse and feeder, what a combination.
    • D. Taylor
    • Media item
    • 1dt baeolophus bicolor small bird tufted titmous
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  8. Reed Bunting

    Reed Bunting

    A wonderful male reed bunting in mid moult. Taken at a local nature spot in Bury, Lancashire.
    • JohnLindseyPhotography
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    • bird birds bury lancashire make mid moult reed bunting small small bird small birds
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. TRI COLOURED MUNIA

    TRI COLOURED MUNIA

    The tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca) is an estrildid finch, native to India, Sri Lanka, Southern China, Taiwan and most of Southeast Asia. The species was also introduced to Guam, Jamaica, Palau, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Vanuatu and Venezuela. This species too like the chestnut munia has been...
    • tjt4002
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    • lonchura malacca munia small bird tri coloured munia
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  10. ZITTING CISTICOLA

    ZITTING CISTICOLA

    The zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler, is widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa, and southern Asia down to northern Australia.
    • tjt4002
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    • cisticola juncidis india kolkata small bird warbler zitting cisticola
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  11. Fiscal Flycatcher

    Fiscal Flycatcher

    Balcony visitor
    • Rolanfjames
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    • black beak black legs black wings fiscal flycatcher small bird white chest white neck
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  12. in the forest

    in the forest

    one from a recent day out
    • carpman1611
    • Media item
    • great tit small bird
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Blue tits

    Blue tits

    • AdiW
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    • beak bird blue tits cyanistes caeruleus feeders flying garden rspb small bird wings
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. ID Please

    ID Please

    Will someone please tell me this birds name? I just wish it would come closer to get a better image
    • clive c
    • Media item
    • small bird
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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