Hello everyone!

I hope you all have been doing well this past year! I know I have kind of neglected /c/birding a little bit, but I am still here (somewhat, at any rate).

I have updated the rules a bit to make them a bit clearer and also because I have noticed that some people have (probably unknowingly) posted AI-generated content, so I have added a rule that explicitly prohibits the posting of such content. Please review the new rules and feel free to suggest something if you feel like I have missed something or worded something badly! :-)

I will also be adding another mod soon that I feel like should help keep /c/birding a bit more tidy in the future as I don't really actively use Lemmy anymore. It's someone I know who's mostly active on Mastodon but he'll create an account on Lemmy and help with moderation here.

If you have any other questions, feel free to comment! I'll be monitoring this account a bit more closely again for the foreseeable future (at least until I've added the new mod).

I'm sorry for the terrible quality (not my video). It's in a housing estate in Ireland. (Dublin, Meath or Louth)

https://streamff.com/v/77b4aa18

Whitefish Point, MI. August 2026.

I realized I never shared this cutie. I went to Whitefish Point just to find this bird and I was amazed I found it in five minutes. This was the only one too. They're a protected species so I kept my distance getting these. There were a ton of logs to hide behind.

The sun was gleaming so nicely on the feathers, so I decided to go for a snap, a caught this little fella mid yawn

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

I spotted this sparrow trying to hide.

Cat-owners just won't be stopped unless laws are introduced. Until then, what can we do to protect our feathered friends from the rabid feline killers?

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

I didn't have much luck with the birds today, but I did spot this pipit roaming our breakwater.

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

Red-bellied are supposed to be quite common here, but this is the first one I've seen in a long time.

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

I've had terrible luck finding shorebirds, but these mallards were accommodating.

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

Early sparrow season means white-crowned are around, and boy are they around.

And some Canadian geese in the water!

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

American tree sparrows have been migrating back into my neighborhood.

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

We're knee deep in salmon; the eagles, gulls, and turkey vultures are in bliss. I only see bald eagles this far down river this time of year. I found two staking out a spot on my favorite island park, lucky me! This is the closest I've been able to get so far.

Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

IMO there is no better bird than the black-capped chickadee. Small but mighty, adorable, smart, vigilant, and curious. They'll land on my shoulder and check me out, sing me song when I'm feeling down. When the other birds are away the chickadee is still ready to play. Winter or summer, spring or fall, the chickadee stand above all.

Great Lakes region, USA. 15 October 2026.

I thought my morning birding adventure would be a bust. I did spot a merlin, but mostly only saw mallards and sparrows. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted what I thought was a northern flicker, lo and behold a yellow-billed cuckoo. Lucky me a lifer! Its seems this cuckoo is quite rare in my neck of the woods.

Afr: Kaapse glasogie

I think trumpeter swans are cooler than cobra chickens. They're much more imposing, have a cooler call, and are overall more majestic.

A juvenile bald eagle. I'm guessing around 2.5 years old? Its nice to see some young baldies out and about.

Great Lakes region, USA. October 8th 2026.

I spotted a few crows on an apple tree munching. They'd take a few chunks of apple then move on to the next one. What a waste.