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jlwbarton.bsky.social
Had a very enjoyable birding walk on Sunday with a wonderful group of birders. One highlight was seeing this Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Tanglewood Preserve in Rockville Center, NY

#yellowbelliedsapsucker #sapsucker
#birds #birdphotography #birdjoy #birdsofbluesky #nature #birding #letsgobirding
November 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
daryllmarie.bsky.social
Hi! If you’re interested, I’m happy to add you to the Birds Feed as a contributor! Once added, anything you post that includes either hashtag birds or the feather emoji would share to the feed for our birding community! Hashtag birdjoy should work too :)
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October 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
hthrkennd.bsky.social
Repping my @wiscobirder.bsky.social hoodie down at Harkness. Fitting in some #birdjoy while I wait for my kid’s college XC race to start
October 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
wiscobirder.bsky.social
Kicked off my Birds of the Great Lakes Book Tour at Call & Response Books in Chicago! 🐦📚 Great convo with Karlos from Chicago BIPOC Birders + awesome crowd. Huge thanks to Courtney for the hospitality. You ready? Let’s GO!!! 💪🏾 #BirdJoy #WiscoBirder 🪶
Dexter smiles outside Call & Response Books wearing a black corduroy jacket and a hat that says “#birdjoy.” A chalkboard sign reads “Fall in love with a new book!” outside Call & Response Books. A display table inside the bookstore with Dexter Patterson’s Birds of the Great Lakes featured among other titles. A wall mural with a Toni Morrison quote: “A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.”
October 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
birderk.bsky.social
Happy book birthday to this delightful little field guide by @wiscobirder.bsky.social! Picked up my preorder this evening😊
#birds #birding #BirdJoy
Photo of a book and iced mocha on a wood table. The book has a green cover with birds and birding icon art on it. The title of the book is Birds of the Great Lakes. Author is Dexter Patterson.
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
jlwbarton.bsky.social
Walk this way! A little synchronized strutting by a couple American Avocets at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, NY

#americanavocet #avocet
#birds #birdphotography #birdjoy #birdsofbluesky #nature #birding #letsgobirding #BirdsSeenIn2025
October 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
wiscobirder.bsky.social
Just got back from Fayette, Iowa and my heart is so full. Led a Bird Joy seminar, found my first salamander, held a baby goat named Bertha (I’m in love), saw EMUS, and soaked up that small town kindness. Thank you, Peacocks! #BirdJoy 🥹
A joyful group selfie of Dexter and a group of Conservation Management students and local community members smiling on a wooded trail in Iowa. Everyone is bundled up for early spring, holding binoculars, with a wooden bridge and leafless trees in the background. Dexter smiling widely while holding an adorable baby goat named Bertha against his chest. The moment is full of warmth and joy, with green grass, a fenced area, and a horse trailer in the background. A close-up of Dexter’s muddy hands gently holding his first-ever salamander, found during a hike in a local state park. The background shows a mossy, wet forest floor. Dexter presenting to a classroom full of students during the Bird Joy seminar. The presentation slide behind him displays “The Wisco Birder Method,” with photos and tips about birding with joy and authenticity.
April 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
eldened.bsky.social
Northern Cardinal ♀ from this morning’s weekly birding session

#birding #birdjoy
Female Cardinal on a tree branch
April 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
wiscobirder.bsky.social
🧵 Another wonderful Bus to Nature field trip this time with the youth workers from Badger Rock Neighborhood Center. Breakfast, birds, and connection out at Lake Farm Park. These young folks inspire me. Never forget it takes a village. 🫶🏾🌿🐦🪶

#BusToNature #BirdJoy #WiscoBirder
A smiling man wearing a “We Out Here!” cap and bird-themed shirt takes a selfie on a tree-lined gravel trail, with a group of youth and adults walking behind him. A group of youth and adults gather around a picnic table filled with breakfast foods and drinks under a shaded shelter at a park. A group of young people and adults walk together on a lush green trail surrounded by dense forest, some holding binoculars. A group of youth and adults stand on a high wooden observation tower, framed by leafy green branches and blue sky above.
August 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
hthrkennd.bsky.social
Listened to the “Birding as a Family” episode of @thebirdingbeardsmn.bsky.social @wiscobirder.bsky.social Bird Joy podcast (link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...) and I gotta say going back and listening to my #birdjoy is the best reminder why I get out there and why I nerd out with my fam
Birding as a Family
Podcast Episode · The Bird Joy Podcast · 06/07/2024 · 43m
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February 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
jlwbarton.bsky.social
Black-faced Grassquit - New Providence, The Bahamas.

#blackfacedgrassquit #grassquit #birds #birdphotography #birdjoy #birdsofbluesky #nature #birding #letsgobirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdingbahamas
April 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
jlwbarton.bsky.social
Spotted the (black) spots. Downy Woodpecker- Huntington, NY.

#downywoodpecker #woodpecker #birds #birdphotography #birdjoy #birdsofbluesky #nature #birding #letsgobirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #woodpeckerwednesday
January 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
wiscobirder.bsky.social
Already missing my bird Fam from @biggestweekbirding.bsky.social. I was only there four days, but it changed me. Birds, laughs, networking, STEM school visit, media, my keynote, and nonstop Bird Joy. Grateful for the memories and the people. Until next time, Homies! #BirdJoy #WiscoBirder 🪶
May 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
wiscobirder.bsky.social
Started my day birding with a couple of the Philly homies at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum—what a beautiful morning out on the trails. Birds, good vibes, and even better company. Feeling grounded and grateful. Can’t wait to keep the energy going at my talk tonight. 🫶
Four smiling birders pose for a selfie on a gravel path surrounded by green grass. Dexter is in front wearing camo and a “#birdjoy” hat, with three friends behind him, carrying cameras and scopes. Dexter and wildlife manager Lamar smile for a close-up selfie near a water area at John Heinz NWR, with lush green trees and aquatic vegetation in the background. A blue sign reads “Welcome to John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum” with visitor rules and safety information, posted at the edge of a wooded trail.
May 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
wiscobirder.bsky.social
Philly showed love! 🌟 Birded with some new homies at John Heinz NWR and shared the Bird Joy at my “Birding is for Everyone” talk. Leaving fired up—dropping these Blackburnian Warblers to light up your feed! #WiscoBirder #BirdJoy #WeOutHere 🔥🪶🖤
A Blackburnian Warbler peers directly at the camera while perched among green leaves and dried maple seeds, showing off its bright orange throat and striped face. A female Blackburnian Warbler is seen looking up with its beak slightly open, revealing the fiery orange and yellow tones on its throat and chest. Blurred green leaves fill the background. A A Blackburnian Warbler is seen looking up with its beak slightly open, revealing the fiery orange and yellow tones on its throat and chest. Blurred green leaves fill the background. A side profile of a female Blackburnian Warbler perched on a leafy branch, mid-call. Its black wings, orange throat, and pale belly are sharply defined in natural light.
May 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
mbbirder.bsky.social
This female red-bellied woodpecker showed up in the yard in fall (a lifer for me) and to my delight, has stuck around so far! #WoodpeckerWednesday #Manitoba #BirdJoy
Female red-bellied woodpecker perched on the side of a tree with snow falling.
January 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
eldened.bsky.social
A picture of one of my black-chinned friends from this morning’s birding walk

#birding #birdjoy
A black-chinned hummingbird rests on a branch
April 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
jlwbarton.bsky.social
New lifer! Least Grebe - New Providence, Bahamas

#leastgrebe #grebe #birds #birdphotography #birdjoy #birdsofbluesky #nature #birding #letsgobirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birdingbahamas
February 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
ekingsbury.bsky.social
I like listening to The BirdJoy Podcast on my jogs.

I recommend that.
May 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
stephencarrhampton.bsky.social
Gorgeous #nature and serious #birdjoy on the Flagler Spit today -- snowy mountains, sunshine, purple rain streaking down over the San Juans in the distance, a rainbow, (orcas but they didn't quite come close enough), and this Ruddy Turnstone. Those boots are made for walkin'!
Ruddy Turnstone
November 19, 2024 at 5:47 AM
ekingsbury.bsky.social
Last summer I was camping at Yellow River State Forest in Eastern Iowa and I got up at 2-3am in the morning cause “nature called” and while I was out there I heard a Saw-Whet owl for the first time in my life. It was a highlight of my summer.

Brought me #BirdJoy

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Northern Saw-whet Owl Call
YouTube video by American Bird Conservancy
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February 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
jlwbarton.bsky.social
Beauty among the thorns. American Robin - Syosset, NY.

#americanrobin #robin #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #nature #birding #letsgobirding #winter #birdjoy #goldenhour
January 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
wiscobirder.bsky.social
On the road in Toledo! 🚌🦅 Jason and I sat down with the incredible Soaring Eagles of Chase STEMM Academy—6th & 7th graders dreaming big, exploring nature, and shining bright just steps from Manhattan Marsh. Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcats! 🫶

🎧 zencastr.com/The-Bird-Joy... #BirdJoy #WiscoBirder
Promotional graphic for The Bird Joy Podcast featuring a group photo of Dexter Patterson, Jason Hall, and students from Chase STEMM Academy. The text reads: Season 3, Episode 7: Chase Stem Academy With: Dexter Patterson & Jason Hall “Listen Now Wherever You Get Your Podcasts!” The background is a soft blue with audio wave graphics and star accents.
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM