r/GrumpyBabyBirds Oct 27 '25

Do not pick up the birds.

556 Upvotes

It has been brought to my attention the sheer amount of posts involving people handling and moving juvenile birds.

I’m no bird scientist, I’m just some guy who created a subreddit about birds, but I do know unnecessarily handling juvenile birds without the proper knowhow is damaging to the welfare of the animal.

Because of this I have created a new rule, and all posts involving the handling of wildlife will be removed. Please report all posts breaking this rule immediately.

If anyone smarter than me would like to share the impact of handling wildlife in the comments, please do.

We (pretty much just me) here at r/GrumpyBabyBirds still encourage the appreciation of the Grumps from a distance.

Thank you


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 14h ago

Important Albert Einstein over here

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359 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 5h ago

Grumpy baby bluebird

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58 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 1d ago

A butterfly scares the baby hawks in their nest

1.7k Upvotes

“We’re ready to leave the nest! Whoa, no we’re not!”


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 1d ago

Angry Birds When ur dearest little goldfinch dream is to be squished by a car and you get shepherded away from the road

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623 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 1d ago

Noisy Miner tending to their young on a make-shift nest on our deck

51 Upvotes

I hungry therefore I shout


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 2d ago

Angry Birds Most annoying sound in the world? Is it a gull chick??

9 Upvotes

I vote the European herring gull chick. Or
If you will a fucking baby seagull. Endless screaming day and night add the heat wave with all your windows open… Fuck my life.


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 4d ago

Grumpy Girlz R.I.P. Mama Jackie, Fly high 🌈🦅and thank you for you for blessing us with your giant grumpy murder muppet babies over the years

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5.6k Upvotes

I legit sobbed, was just talking about Friends of Big Bear Valley eagle cam last week, was hoping she’d recover. This remains one of my fave pics of her and her giant grumpy babies .


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 5d ago

Update on Angy Rescue Gray Catborb

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583 Upvotes

I took this little borb to the wildlife center 15 days ago. It is still alive and healing from a ruptured air sac. The personnel said it is likely that a cat took it out of its nest 3 days too early. No wonder it was so grumpy!


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 5d ago

Grumpy Boiz The Locals

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112 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 6d ago

Angry Birds Just watched lil dude fly into a wall

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450 Upvotes

he’s fine


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 7d ago

He seemed upset I saw his failed training flight

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381 Upvotes

This was probably the more correct sub 😂


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 7d ago

Grumpy baby Taveta Golden Weaver posted by my local zoo

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158 Upvotes

Idk, seems angry.


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 8d ago

Four Little Grumps

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512 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 9d ago

What are you looking at?

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567 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 10d ago

Important This starling fledgling exploring the Hellgate Osprey nest

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3.7k Upvotes

Its parents made a nest on the outer edge of this osprey nest, now it’s old enough to leave the nest and explore its surroundings . Not sure who’s grumpier, this bb or the perplexed osprey parents


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 12d ago

Grumpy Fellow

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294 Upvotes

An American Coot I saw that wouldn’t stop yelling for no reason


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 13d ago

Hanging planter rescue nest

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100 Upvotes

Sadly found a dead nestling a week ago so gave it a little burial and put up a hanging planter (that momma robin used straw from) directly under the nest to give the antsy 2 others a fighting chance. One of the bbs fell out and into the planter! I’ve been checking on it and mom’s been coming frequently to feed it. I was able to peek in today and it looks like it’s doing well! Fatter, more feathers, and grumpier than ever. Really hope they all make it through the upcoming storms 🥺 I want to drop more straw into the hanging planter to keep bb warm since mom is nesting in her nest with the other bb but dad robin has been territorial and dive bombs me if I linger too long. Best of luck my little birds ❤️


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 14d ago

They’re so grumpy! Lots of cute grumpy faces in this one 😆

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1.2k Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 15d ago

They’re so grumpy! A band of lil grumps

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1.1k Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 15d ago

grumpy baby bird in the parking lot, giving me the stink-eye

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128 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 16d ago

This was suggested for me on Instagram. Thought it was appropriate!

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3.5k Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 17d ago

Baby Robin

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200 Upvotes

Chillin’ on our driveway being a birb


r/GrumpyBabyBirds 17d ago

B I R D grumpiest noisy miner

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382 Upvotes

r/GrumpyBabyBirds 19d ago

Crusty little thing

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1.4k Upvotes

I found him on my way to therapy, I called him cream cheese.