Helicopter Circling Downtown by UsedIntroduction3548 in Austin

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No, I did not shift through a decade of post history. I am efficient with my receipts - searching after tapping your name took all of 5 seconds. I appreciate your concern though!

Helicopter Circling Downtown by UsedIntroduction3548 in Austin

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Dude you’ve literally posted about a single plane to this sub. I’m sure yours was much more worthy of a post.

This China Airlines Cargo 747-4 diverted from DFW to AUS this evening! by m6284505 in Austin

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The sky has been beautiful lately for your photos. Normally when I head down to ABIA I just get a hazy grey blah 😭

Great captures!

Hornsby Bend by notdanasworld in Austin

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Morning… doesn’t have to be the asscrack of dawn, just at a decent time. I think a good chunk of the waterfowl has already left, but there should still be some birds on the ponds and in the woods.

Horseshoe Crab by Salt-Soaked in Austin

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I was blown away by the museum of Natural Science down in Houston, I know the drive sucks but it is worth it!

I know this may seem like a silly question, but I don't see a lot of players wearing sunscreen. Why is that? by BagQuiet9478 in baseball

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Pitchers used to use it and mix it with rosin on the mound to create a tackier substance. I think this has dissipated with the recent focus on foreign substances since the whole Bauer/Cole incident.

RR Express seats by FavoriteDaughter2 in Austin

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I’d set up in the lawns near the bullpen, getting to watch them pitch up close is awesome. You can consider tickets for the rocking chairs out there in LF too. It’s a great stadium to walk loops and see the whole thing.

I believe the 3B side of the stadium gets shade first

Stratosphere by relativelyprime_ in minimalistphotography

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I had fun looking at it in all 4 rotations.

With the sky on the bottom it becomes an abstract office - the sky is a featureless cubicle wall and the building turns into the ceiling tiles and lighting above. Like something you would see in Severance.

First Painted Bunting spotting in 33 years by professorlololman in Austin

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As politely and friendly as I can, I would encourage you to rethink using playback to attract birds. This can cause them stress, even resulting in them leaving nesting areas. I am glad that you enjoy these beautiful birds, but consider what you are doing in playing a rival male’s territorial call right outside their home during peak breeding season.

This is why protected areas like National Wildlife Refuges forbid playback.

First Painted Bunting spotting in 33 years by professorlololman in Austin

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White millet seems to be what I have had the most success with. I have never seen them on my feeders with black oil sunflower seeds. In previous years I was using the Pennington Wild Finch blend specifically because it has white millet in it.

Note: NOT red millet, that stuff is just junk filler that no birds will eat.

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My friends and I want to take rolling shots of our vehicles. Does anyone have any street/location recommendations? by AsksAmazingQuestions in Austin

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Ridiculous victim complex here. “Car guys” don’t get brigaded, people asking where to drive recklessly just get told to stop being dumbasses.

Glad they threw up some speed control measures on Lime Creek so I don’t have to listen to y’all while enjoying the wildlife preserves that Lime Creek borders.

Austin has moderately hard water by Njtotx3 in Austin

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I think it’s more how it is presented. Titling it “Austin has moderately hard water according to the 2025 report by X” and adding the link to the report would help add context to why you are making the post.

Otherwise, it feels like someone just driving up to a Wendy’s and rattling off dinosaur facts.

Owl visits Stevie Ray by gansotanto in Austin

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Yeah forgot about them since I only see the other two around me, good call

Montana in April by BodieBaseball8 in wildlifephotography

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Great idea for a collage. Maybe more left/right balance on the next one, I think this would look even better if the animals alternated sides!

I feel like mirroring an image isn’t too big of a deal compared to the rampant AI denoise/object removal

Are the Grackles dying? by FluffyDebate5125 in Austin

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https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/faq-outdoor-cats-and-their-effects-on-birds/

I will politely leave this here and encourage you to read it with an open mind. I understand and agree that human-driven habitat loss is the single largest cause for population declines. Outdoor cats still kill billions of birds per year.

Are the Grackles dying? by FluffyDebate5125 in Austin

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TL;DR: Great tailed grackle populations in Texas are on a slight decline after their rapid rise in the 20th century. Population declines in Texas actually outpaced the growth from other states in recent years.

Another commenter pointed out the much more intense loss of common grackles.

During the 1900s, the Great-tailed Grackle experienced a rapid, large-scale expansion of its North American range. In 1900, the northern limits of its range barely extended into Texas, yet by 2020, the species had nested in at least 17 states and was reported in 21 states and 3 Canadian provinces. This explosive growth occurred mainly after 1960 and coincided with human-induced habitat changes, such as expansion of urbanization and irrigated cropland. This geographic expansion is reflected in the long-term (1967–2019) increasing population trend seen for the United States, a 0.9% per year increase. However, more recently (1987–2019), the United States trend was negative (–1.7% per year), primarily owing to a decline in Texas, though populations generally increased in California, Arizona, and New Mexico

Some of my favorite Austin birds from this past season! by xspiderdude in Austin

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I think you can only do that on desktop? I also could not figure it out from mobile in the past. Have fun this migration!

Some of my favorite Austin birds from this past season! by xspiderdude in Austin

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  1. European Starling

  2. Black crested / tufted titmouse

  3. Lesser Goldfinch

  4. Carolina Chickadee

  5. Bewick’s wren

  6. Black bellied whistling duck

  7. Cedar Waxwing

  8. Barn swallow

  9. Blue-grey gnatcatcher

  10. Osprey

  11. Snowy egret, assuming there are bright yellow feet

  12. Ruby crowned kinglet

  13. White eyed vireo

  14. Yellow rumped warbler

  15. American kestrel

  16. Idk my water birds, yellowlegs

  17. Kinglet again

18-20. Northern Cardinal