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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wisconsin is brighter than the sun on this map, which is great for birders here!

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy National Coffee Day! I got mine from 7 Brew Coffee this morning, and I got this freebie sticker from them, too! ☕

A cup of coffee from 7 Brew Coffee, and a sticker from the same place.

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another half billion bird night, with the approaching nor’easter visible as a blank area on the BirdCast map. Always a possibility of coastal birds coming inland with a storm like this. #birds #fall #migration #LightsOutForBirds

BirdCast map showing 542.2 million birds in flight at 11:40pm EDT on September 25.

NEXRAD radar map showing birds and weather.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bear mama makes herself comfortable: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: The Weather Channel

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I was there last month! Fun fact: I spotted my first Mourning Warbler by the small creek not far from Claire d' Loon. 🐦

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Awesome event! Not only did we get to watch the "swiftnado" of birds head into their roost, but we also were treated to a flyover by an osprey carrying a fish. And it was great to see some of my birding friends there, too! 🪶

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

While on vacation in the Wisconsin Northwoods and Michigan's U.P. this past week, I finally saw my first Mourning Warbler! Also got my closest-ever look at a Golden Eagle, which was perched atop a tree along a rural road. 🐦 #birding

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Data's Excited Fist Pump

Alt: Data exclaims "Yes!" as he pumps his fist excitedly.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A pensive moment with Claire d' Loon in Mercer, WI. 🪶

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I finally saw my first Common Loon of the year today. Later than usual for me to see FOY.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A couple uncommon "common" bird sightings this week: nighthawks and ravens 🐦‍⬛

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Had fun at the Madison Night Market last night. Good food from Sandwich Hub, great music from Secret Menu, and cool conversation about birding with the women manning the booth outside the Orpheum Theater (randomly started because one of them noticed my whole family was wearing bird shirts).

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hat's off to staff and volunteers who installed bird dots on the windows of the polar bear enclosure at Henry Vilas Zoo yesterday. It was certainly something different we got to see happening at the zoo during that visit! ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I haven't seen many hummingbirds this year. I wonder if there's less of them around here this summer, or if it's just me.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A paint-marker drawing of a gallinule that I did during an art program at a local library today. #BirdArt 🐦

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Whoo's on old Route 66 today? This wise old owl.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

No. 280 on my life list (since 2022) 🐦‍⬛ #birding

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

You know what's really awesome? When a lifer comes to you. Yesterday I was leaving a hotel in central Illinois and a freakin' FISH CROW was sitting on a nearby utility wire, making plenty of noise so I could run Merlin to verify it wasn't just an American Crow making weird sounds. Huzzah! 🐦‍⬛ #birding

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Anyone ever go #birding at Funks Grove in Illinois? I'm planning to drive the stretch of Route 66 that goes through there in the near future and am wondering if it's worth stopping there for a look-see. 🐦

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

If only more people did "birding go" instead...

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Dejan Pantic @serbianism.com · 06/06/2026

Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Burrowing Owls are giving off real TMNT vibes this morning.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie poster on which the turtles are peeking out of a manhole on a street in New York.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Finally saw my first Yellow-breasted Chat today. Nemesis no more! #birding

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Beautiful! I saw my first one of the spring today, too.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I saw these bird cookies at the store and couldn't resist buying them. 🍪🐦

Six sugar cookies with birds decorated on top of them.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It was a beautiful day at Horicon Marsh! The weather was great, the birds were plentiful, and I found this tiny turtle in a parking lot. (I helped him get to grass safely.) #nature

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Briefly saw a Hooded Warbler today, and got longer looks at a bunch of other warblers (Black-and-white, Black-throated Green, Nashville, Palm, Tennessee, Yellow-rumped). #birding

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Saw another lifer this morning (Summer Tanager), so I've seen 3 lifers in the past 24 hours! #Birding life list now at 276.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It was a two-lifer Tuesday for me! I saw my first Upland Sandpiper and first Smith's Longspur (about a dozen of them). #birding

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News 3 Now / Channel3000 @channel3000.com · 30/04/2026

As spring migration brings hundreds of bird species to Wisconsin, check out a packed schedule of birding events organized by local groups.

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Flock to these Madison-area birding events in May

As spring migration brings hundreds of bird species to Wisconsin, check out a packed schedule of birding events organized by local groups.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Although it was a bit warmer than I prefer, it was a beautiful day to be outdoors today. I spent the morning birding in nearby McFarland (saw six FOYs) and planted a new tree in our backyard late this afternoon. Now it's time to just relax for awhile.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I saw my first butterbutt of the year today, and also a FOY Louisiana Waterthrush! #birding

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I saw a FOY/FIY yesterday: a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (female, like the one in this eBird photo) on the birch tree in my front yard. It was my first of the year and first-ever in my yard. #birds

a yellow-bellied sapsucker on the trunk of a birch tree

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I saw a FOY/FIY yesterday: a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (female, like the one in this eBird photo) on the birch tree in my front yard. It was my first of the year and first-ever in my yard. #birds

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's times like this I miss being able to watch NASA TV on Dish. I would've turned it on periodically throughout the week and pretty much all day today. But NASA went online-only with the channel last fall, and now I never watch it because I prefer a TV screen to a phone or computer. #OldManPost 🚀

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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

This video does not contain any PEENT (sorry), but does contain lots of dancing 🥔🕺🏻🪱🪶 American Woodcock in Bryant Park, 3.23.2026

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Cooper's Hawk chowing down on an American Robin in my backyard #birdwatching

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Wife really testing my love by being on West Coast without me (work trip) and racking up lifers just by walking back and forth from hotel to conference center.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We get BirdNote here and love it! The accompanying book is a good birdy read, too. 🐦

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My latest #birdart: an American Woodcock drawn on a small wooden box 🪶 #peent

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Success! Based on call distances, I'd estimate we saw about 10 different woodcocks, including one standing in the pathway close enough to get a great look at it through binoculars. 🪶 #birding

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I saw four new birds in January, but my life list has stalled at 273 since then.

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Heavy wind gusts out there today, yet our local male Northern Cardinal perseveres with a strong grip and a hearty song sung from atop our birch tree. #birds

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Beautiful, sunny, unseasonably warm weather here today 🌞 so first day of the year to sit outside with beer and breadsticks at Garver Feed Mill 🍺🥖🥖 #HappyPlace While sitting there I heard and then saw flying overhead my first Killdeer of the year! 🐦

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Now that early spring-like weather is back, I'm greeted every morning by a male Northern Cardinal singing from a tree in my neighbor's backyard. ♥️ #birds #nature

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I don't have a super-sharp camera, so I'm happy with this photo I took of the moon last night. 🌕

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Craig Wieczorkiewicz @birdzork.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Just me drinking coffee and listening to a Northern Cardinal calling in our backyard on a mild mid-February morning

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