Maddie
@maddiejayy.bsky.social
Biologist and obsessive birder. CA » OR » NC.
Co-leader of Feminist Bird Club Durham.
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Co-leader of Feminist Bird Club Durham.
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I was a bit cold on the FBC walk this morning… 🤣
February 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I was a bit cold on the FBC walk this morning… 🤣
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Posted so here’s a Carolina Wren on a fence post! 🪶
February 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Posted so here’s a Carolina Wren on a fence post! 🪶
This little dude came RIGHT UP TO MY FEET shortly after taking this photo and I’m very upset I did not get a video of said encounter. 😂 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 🪶
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
This little dude came RIGHT UP TO MY FEET shortly after taking this photo and I’m very upset I did not get a video of said encounter. 😂 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 🪶
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The Great Backyard Bird Count is February 13-16 this year. Starting right *NOW* however is a great webinar about how to participate and why joining this global community science event is important for bird conservation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhB4... #GBBC
How to Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count 2026
YouTube video by National Audubon Society
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Great Backyard Bird Count is February 13-16 this year. Starting right *NOW* however is a great webinar about how to participate and why joining this global community science event is important for bird conservation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhB4... #GBBC
I am prefacing this by saying that I am known to dislocate my shoulders on a semi regular basis and it usually is not a problem. No pain, goes back on its own.
However yesterday I dislocated one of them and I am in a lot of pain with certain movements. The joys of aging! 😬
However yesterday I dislocated one of them and I am in a lot of pain with certain movements. The joys of aging! 😬
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I am prefacing this by saying that I am known to dislocate my shoulders on a semi regular basis and it usually is not a problem. No pain, goes back on its own.
However yesterday I dislocated one of them and I am in a lot of pain with certain movements. The joys of aging! 😬
However yesterday I dislocated one of them and I am in a lot of pain with certain movements. The joys of aging! 😬
We did finally get some last night. Just a couple inches which is pathetic next to the rest of the state 😂
February 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
We did finally get some last night. Just a couple inches which is pathetic next to the rest of the state 😂
Did see a mink run across the frozen sections of the lake today though!
February 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Did see a mink run across the frozen sections of the lake today though!
Man this is bullshit. I wanted the snow!
January 31, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Man this is bullshit. I wanted the snow!
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Doesn’t matter if you’re a US citizen or “legal”, if AI facial recognition says you’re not, you’re gone. Anyone but especially people of color in the United States is at risk of being disappeared to a distant concentration camp at any time
“ICE considers ‘an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify [to be] a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship – including a birth certificate – if the app says the person is an alien.’”
ICE’s surveillance app is a techno-authoritarian nightmare | Moustafa Bayoumi
Mobile Fortify lets agents obtain vast amounts of information on anyone by scanning their face
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Doesn’t matter if you’re a US citizen or “legal”, if AI facial recognition says you’re not, you’re gone. Anyone but especially people of color in the United States is at risk of being disappeared to a distant concentration camp at any time
#BirdOfTheDay today is #FavoriteOfTheMonth so here’s some shots I got of a Northern Mockingbird getting ready to pluck a berry off a juniper tree. 🪶
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
#BirdOfTheDay today is #FavoriteOfTheMonth so here’s some shots I got of a Northern Mockingbird getting ready to pluck a berry off a juniper tree. 🪶
Eastern Bluebird getting a drink off a manhole cover this past weekend. Seems to have been the only water not frozen! 🪶
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Eastern Bluebird getting a drink off a manhole cover this past weekend. Seems to have been the only water not frozen! 🪶
Northern Mockingbirds are also borbing out in this weather. What a cutie! 🪶
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Northern Mockingbirds are also borbing out in this weather. What a cutie! 🪶
I do not understand why we are open today, we have not had a single client come through lmao
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I do not understand why we are open today, we have not had a single client come through lmao
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Some fun snowflakes from the #winterstorm today.
January 25, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Some fun snowflakes from the #winterstorm today.
Well I was not expecting to see one of these guys today. What are you doing here now?? Cape May Warbler. 🪶
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Well I was not expecting to see one of these guys today. What are you doing here now?? Cape May Warbler. 🪶
#BirdOfTheDay with some Wilson’s Phalaropes walking (in circles, of course 😂). 🪶
January 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
#BirdOfTheDay with some Wilson’s Phalaropes walking (in circles, of course 😂). 🪶
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The Boundary Waters, one of the largest wilderness areas left in the US, is at risk! The House could vote to overturn a ban on polluting sulfide-ore mining at the headwaters TODAY, setting a precedent for extraction on other public lands. Contact your reps right now and ask them to vote NO on HJ140!
January 21, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The Boundary Waters, one of the largest wilderness areas left in the US, is at risk! The House could vote to overturn a ban on polluting sulfide-ore mining at the headwaters TODAY, setting a precedent for extraction on other public lands. Contact your reps right now and ask them to vote NO on HJ140!
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"Join my peace club"
January 20, 2026 at 5:50 AM
"Join my peace club"
We’ve got two very different predictions for this weekend’s winter storm…
January 22, 2026 at 1:48 AM
We’ve got two very different predictions for this weekend’s winter storm…
Ngl lie y’all, I’m pretty homesick for Oregon.
January 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Ngl lie y’all, I’m pretty homesick for Oregon.
Found a leucistic Dark-eyed Junco today. 🪶
January 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Found a leucistic Dark-eyed Junco today. 🪶
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2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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One of the first birds I photographed in 2026 was this pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. 😍 🪶
January 14, 2026 at 1:35 AM
One of the first birds I photographed in 2026 was this pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. 😍 🪶