What Bird Is That Forum

I have a bunch of these, so it was hard to choose; I decided to go for drama and artistic effect. Laughing Gulls taking their perch on the light poles for the night.

I've noticed the title bar logo is only showing the upper-left corner. Here's a small fix for it in colours.css :

I hadn't even seen the change because I didn't clear my cache.

I'll probably find something I like better eventually, but your fix makes it display properly.

Thanks!


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I've seen these, and had to learn to distinguish them from the Tropicals, but I don't think I have any photos!

Finally got the Rufous-Collared Sparrow after a number of great shots of the grass!

The Bird Nuts wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 3:45 am

aveschapinas wrote: Mon Feb 09, 2026 3:18 am I've seen them - and occasionally even been able to distinguish the Eastern from the Western - but I don't have any photos!

I think you may be confusing them with Wood-Pewees.

Oh my goodness, you're right! I must have been tired when I posted LOL! I have no Eastern Phoebes.

Here in Guatemala it's Friendship Day. Thanks to all of my birding buddies here, and especially to Geyhawk for resurrecting the forums!

(Is there a way to tag members?)

"Someone assured Bering Birder that there was a Florida Scrub-Jay in the area."




I once had a White-Eared Hummingbird fly in through the window and perch on the top of my reading glasses while I was grading papers! Unfortunately I didn't dare move to try to get a photo, since I had no ...

Someone didn't quite get his Ostrich impersonation right "You put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up..." (Even a Vulture needs some fiber once in a while...)

It's been cold here, but not unseasonably so. High 20s to low 30s at night, up to about 70 during the day. All normal for this time of year.

Speaking of frozen bird baths, I finally deployed the bird bath heater I have never previously used since I bought it several years ago. It did a fine ...

It's been cold here, but not unseasonably so. High 20s to low 30s at night, up to about 70 during the day. All normal for this time of year.I'm still having my breakfast on the terrace roof and doing my eBird list at the same time! Unfortunately wild fire season has started - it's the dry season ...

I've seen them - and occasionally even been able to distinguish the Eastern from the Western - but I don't have any photos!

I found this info (which you have probably seen) suggesting there was a plan in place but it seems to have fallen behind or been abandoned.

https://whatbirdai.com/roadmap


I admit I'm not sure what that is exactly? The forums' purpose was always to support or complement the WhatBird App. I ...

He came back today and vocalized, definitely Greater Pewee. But man, what a bright yellow belly he has!

I just checked again and the WhatBird forums are appearing as active but not working because of errors. I do think that it might be (probably is?) possible to recover the information but in all honesty I wouldn't hold my breath. The site owner has considered shutting down the forums repeatedly over ...

Aidan B wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 10:34 pm Looks like a Greater Pewee to me.

That was the consensus in a local birding group; they are common here. I guess he just had a very yellow belly and had put hair gel in his crest!

Greyhawk wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 6:58 pm
Can you be any more specific with the location?

Sorry - Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, about 8000 feet.

Time to dust off this sub-forum!

Yesterday and today I saw this bird that has me confused; it looks to me like a Yellow-Bellied Elainia, but they shouldn't be here - I'm in the mountains, about 8000 feet, and they tend to somewhat lower elevations. But I can't figure out what else it could be. I ...

Why would a female bird feed a bird of another species? https://www.flickr.com/photos/124304610@N07/54489983986/in/photolist-xE6UkQ-CuQLgt-CFxyd4-Hstjnk-TMo8Hw-WhuLoY-2e3DxKG-2gw3BNw-2ksLxdY-2kyskG6-2kysYyd-2mjanyy-2mWput2-2oNtRZf-2oNvSJr-2p4G1Ds-2r26pQw-2r27oWy :?:

https://www.flickr.com/photos ...

I suspect you are correct and they are domestic birds. We have a colony of more than 100 Rock Pigeons and only two or three are all white.



Thanks! It's not so much the pattern of emerging every morning that was making me doubt that they were wild, but the fact that they are all white. Like ...

Huge Red-shouldered Hawk watching my back yard from a power line today flew about before I could snap a picture.

My theory is that it is actually doing us a favor as they feed mostly on rodents and small mammals (they are welcome to keep the squirrel population under control for all I care) and ...

This morning I saw a Great-Tailed Grackle fly up and catch an insect in flight, flycatcher-style; except the Grackle took off from the ground! He flew to a nearby rock to enjoy his breakfast.

Every morning I have my breakfast on my roof terrace and do an e-Bird list. I have noticed that every day a group of about 6 or 8 all-white pigeons/doves fly up as a group and take off in a specific direction, the same every day. I've been counting them as Rock Doves because of the behavior - flying ...

(I'll be nice and not mention the weather here...)

Stay safe and warm everyone!

SirVive wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 3:15 pm Ah yes, the joys of being able to use awful language such as the word 'college' even if front of your mother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhGlJ_yx1ws

We're still small here but I imagine we'll grow in time and start to experience some of the problems other forums face !


That reminds me,

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I can offer loans to pay off all your ARKANSAS COLLEGE or UNIVERSITY DEBT ...

I checked, and as far as I understand setting someone as a foe doesn't mean they can't see your posts, but only that theirs are hidden from your view. That's the way it works on other forums with similar features that I know of (ignore). I don't mind having the option available, but I don't see ...

I'd been missing it! Especially when I had ID mysteries or when my father-in-law sent me a picture of a nearly all white Bald Eagle. Clear back in the beginning I'd found an article/post that I thought might have a solution to the problem but I had no way to contact anyone. I managed to track down ...

I thought it would be fun to have a thread for reporting interesting bird behavior we observe.

This morning I watched a Great-Tailed Grackle catch and eat a small snake, maybe 4 or 5" long. He didn't try to wash it, which I have observed them to do as well. But it's the dry season now, and while I ...

Greyhawk wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 7:01 pm
I'll definitely look into an extension that at least allows users to "thank" a post.

I do think it's a bit strange that the platform doesn't offer reaction options, given how ubiquitous they are these days.

The old forum was run on Invision. But it seems like this one will suit our needs!

I must confess I'm missing the ability to give 'Likes' more than I expected. Sure, we could reply with smilies but that takes up a lot of space and give the impression new content has been posted.


I miss that ...