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Josh Bartok
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He/they | Photographer | Life & Writing Coach | Author | Editor | Birder 🪶

http://www.contemplativelifecoach.org/

https://www.shobophoto.us/
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Some bird images during New England fall 🪶
Black capped chickadee perched on a branch with fall leaves blurry in the background White crowned sparrow, looking at the camera with dead leaves behind it Morning Dove with its head tilted looking at the camera while perched on a bridge with blurry fall colors behind it A female northern cardinal meaning of of a red railing with fall leaves blurred in the background
October 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Love this pose from this red-breasted nuthatch. 🪶
Red-breasted nuthatch (black stripe across eye, white stripe above eye, grey back, reddish breast and belly) hanging upside down from a pine cone, arching its back
September 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Bird yoga! 🪶
A yellowlegs standing on one long yellow leg, with the other leg bent so its foot is under his chin. He’s looking at the camera. He’s standing in water with a few pieces of grass around him.
September 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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This tricolored heron was a lifer for us. 🪶
Heron walking through water toward the camera. White belly, reddish back, blue grey head and yellow eye, spotted neck. Side view of heron with front leg lifting out of watched. Blue grey head and back, white belly, reddish brown neck, yellow eye
September 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Loved seeing this juvenile great blue heron.
A close up of a great blue heron in the grass. Slate blue head and body, blue and yellow beak, yellow eye, brown and white neck and chest
August 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Great to see these oystercatchers before they migrate south. 🪶
Two oystercatchers (orange beaks, yellow and orange eyes, black heads, white chest and bellies, black backs) standing on rocks with seaweed and surf behind them)
August 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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It was exciting to see this sandhill crane family last weekend. They’re rare in southeastern Massachusetts. 🪶
Adult sandhill crane grazing. Red on top of head, white neck and white and buff body. Grazing in a field with yellow grass in the foreground and taller green plants in the background Juvenile sandhill crane grazing. White and brown body, yellow eye, head slightly raised
August 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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We spent quality time with this American Bittern yesterday. 🪶
Close up shot of the head and neck of an American bittern - brown streaks on neck, yellow eyes, brown head, green reeds in the background
August 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Hummingbirds are so magical. 🪶
A ruby-throated hummingbird hovering over a res flower with a green leaf below it. Her wings are folding forward
August 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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@lizroemer.bsky.social and I saw our first fledgling cedar waxwing today! 🪶
Fledgling cedar waxwings (black eye mask, light belly, brown body, yellow line on tail, crest) Adult cedar waxwing (black eye mask, yellow belly, warm brown head) with a red berry in their mouth and a feeling next to them (brown with crest and black eye mask and yellow beak)
August 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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We saw our first little blue heron in Scarborough Marsh, Maine, US on Sunday! 🪶
A little blue heron (two toned beak with black tip, purple-maroon head and neck, slate blue body) looking to the right, reflecting in the water.
July 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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We went to Scarborough Marsh outside Portland Maine today while it was raining and saw these flocks of birds perched on trees. 🪶
9 snowy egrets perched on a dead tree in a salt marsh 5 barn swallows and 1 tree swallow perched on a dead tree in a salt marsh
July 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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A belted kingfisher that @lizroemer.bsky.social spotted. 🪶
Belted kingfisher (steel blue head, white body with brown “belt” and steel blue on breast, striped tail) perched on branch
July 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Excited to get such a good look at a sandhill crane in Halifax, MA, US. 🪶
Sandhill crane (red top of the head, white face and neck, brown body) surrounded by grass and plants
July 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Portrait of a tree swallow. 🪶
Tree swallow (iridescdnt blue head, face, and top of wing, white throat, chest, and belly, black wing tips) posing on a wooden post with green background
July 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Two fun sightings from the weekend. 🪶 @lizroemer.bsky.social and I have been looking for indigo buntings for years and a lovely man helped us find this one.
Indigo bunting (blue head and body, darker tail, light blue beak) perched in a branch with green leaves behind it. Two juvenile great blue herons perched on a nest (with feathers sticking straight up on their heads)
July 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Close up of a blooming pink lotus and it’s reflection in the water. Black background
June 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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This beautiful great blue heron was in a tree when it gave me this excellent look. 🪶
Dramatic close-up of a great blue heron, looking at the camera with yellow eyes, greyish blue head and beak, with some white on the head. Can also see brown, white, and grey shoulder
June 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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We saw our first northern bobwhite over the weekend! 🪶
Northern bobwhite (black and white thick stripes on head, brown body) perched in a tree
June 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Very excited to get such good looks at these two in Falmouth, MA, US this morning. 🪶
Blue grosbeak male (blue body, rust bars on wing, light blue thick beak) perched on a bare branch Female blue grosbeak (cinnamon head, light brown body with darker wings and tail, light blue top beak) perched on a branch with leaves behind her
June 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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It took a little while to find this noisy down woodpecker baby! 🪶
Downy woodpecker baby sticking his head out of a tree cavity nest, with green background. (Slight red on crown, black and white face, black beak)
June 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Fun to see this hummingbird perched on a tree. 🪶
Ruby-throated hummingbird (green shiny back, black face) perched on a bare branch
June 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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On our fourth try @lizroemer.bsky.social and I finally saw the local celebrity cerulean warbler! 🪶
A cerulean warbler perched on a bare branch. White breast and neck, blue head and blue and white body (looks black/grey due to poor lighting)
June 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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We saw our first chickadee chick today in Smithfield, RI, USA. 🪶
Eye, beak, and head of baby chickadee in a nest cavity. Yellow lined beak
June 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Our first killdeer chick in Winthrop, MA, USA 🪶
A killdeer chick (black eyeline, black bin, white face and breast, sand colored head and wings) well camouflaged in the sand.
June 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM