Illegally Smol Birbs

Midwest USA. January 2026.

Where: Mississauga, Ontario Date: 2026-02-06 12PM Gear: Sony A6700 + Tamron 150-500mm

Mourning Dove (fledgling)

He is called a Glowing Puffleg ^^

Some California Scrub-Jay’s on the fence looking for a nest

Bless this little potato for posing perfectly for me.

This was my favourite illegally smol post back on Reddit. Figured it would look nice here as well. ^^

Behold the king of the sky!

by @WatermelonCalves@lemmy.world

Sometimes warblers don’t care how close you are. This one was probably ten feet away. They are truly smol, and I like to crop my photos.

Golden-crowned kinglet

Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m photographing. This is a male blue-black grassquit doing a “I’m sexy” dance as he calls.

Pennsylvania, July 2023

It might not be obvious, but these sparkling-tailed hummingbirds are actually smaller than some big beetles. When they’re flying past, it’s hard to believe that they’re actually birds.

Wavre, Belgium, today ♥ I knew there were chaffinches in town, I hear their calls on the regular, but I hadn’t managed to see one up close yet.

Taken near my workplace in Belgium a few years ago. I still love this birb.