What Bird Is That Forum

birdie #1378:

I have photographed this bird before.

birdie #1377:

I have photographed this bird before.

birdie #1376:

I have seen but not photographed this bird.

Charlie Spencer wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 11:17 am

Zoroark wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 5:15 am I haven't added all the photos yet.

Looks like a fun trip. Are you still birding by camera without binos?

Indeed. It's just a bit cumbersome with a larger camera. If I used a bridge camera, it'd make more sense to use them for the identification side first.

birdie #1375:

I have not seen this bird.

Charlie Spencer wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:24 am

Zoroark wrote: Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:59 am California Condor (tag is 2Y)
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/651438384

Eight condors! Is there a trip report for this excursion? Thanks!

Here it is! I haven't added all the photos yet. We identified 11 different individuals by the tags across two visits on the same day.

birdie #1374:

A familiar bird

California Condor (tag is 2Y)
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/651438384

birdie #1373:

I have photographed this bird before.

birdie #1372:

I have not seen this bird.

birdie #1371:

I have not seen this bird.

birdie #1370:

I thought it just couldn't be it that bird because of the first picture.

birdie #1366:

I have photographed this bird before.

I tried again with the Likely option and got 19 out of 20. The one I missed was a Northern Harrier with its obvious field mark (the white rump) showing.

I have not seen 3 of the birds that came up, but they were easy to identify.

birdie #1365:

A familiar bird

11 out of 20.

9 were birds I've never seen. 2 were ABA code 4, and 2 were ABA code 3.

birdie #1364:

I have not seen this bird.

birdie #1363:

I have photographed this bird before.

birdie #1362:

A familiar bird

I got three notifications, both on here and in my e-mail inbox, one for each of the previous three posts.

Apparently, you can tag someone with a quote.

Charlie Spencer wrote:test 1

Lonestranger wrote:test 2

SirVive wrote:test without user_id

Who got a notification from this?

It's not as elegant as @username or even [tag]username[/tag], though.

birdie #1361:

I have photographed this bird before.

Regarding WhatBird, I know I first stumbled upon the app around 2016 when they still had a version for Windows Phone.

Then later on, I got tired of Reddit's lack of a dedicated "birding" subreddit that wasn't full of pictures, and the WhatBirdIsThis subreddit has way too many low-effort, low ...

birdie #1360:

A familiar bird

birdie #1359:

I have seen but not photographed this bird.

birdie #1357:

Probably should've gotten it right away, but my first guess was close.

birdie #1356:

I have photographed this bird before.

birdie #1355:

A familiar bird.

As of February 2026, the Virginia Rail remains one of my top nemeses that I haven't photographed, with 43 observations.

What's your worst?

birdie #1354:

A familiar bird, but apparently not familiar enough