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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A good time was had. One more flight til I’m back home!

A man and woman stand in front of a lake.

A man and a woman stand inside a giant sequoia tree.

A tattooed woman holding a pinecone that is bigger than her head.

A series of three photo booth photos from a wedding. The woman is wearing a brown dress and the man is wearing light colored pants and an olive green shirt.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Saw a couple of bears on the way out.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Will never get over how big those trees are

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Did Sequoia National Park today!

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We’re currently in California visiting my family, went to Yosemite yesterday since my partner has never been. Here’s Half Dome!

A view of half dome nestled in between other large mountains. There are green trees in the foreground, and a blue sky with some white clouds in the back.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I already gave him all I had!!

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When you get stared down by a Brewer’s Blackbird because you’re not giving him food. 🪶

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why yes, I am coming in very late with today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #WingsOpenNotFlying with this Anhinga! Closest I’ve ever been to one. Stunning! 😍 🪶

An anhinga perched in a tree with its wings stretched out. It is facing to the left, its neck in an “s” shape.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I hear them only haha. Hell yeah, we need all the happy juices we can get!

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A very sleepy Green Tree Frog from this morning. Even its toes are curled up!

A green frog with a white strip down its side on a tree branch. Its eyes are half closed, and its feet are all tucked in against its body.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They are for some godforsaken reason called skeets here

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normal-wife @category-fury.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey all I am trying to stay here in Australia (and out of America) permanently but the cost of a partner Visa is a bit extreme. Please help me stay here with my beautiful partner Lucy for good! gofund.me/b264e145f

gofund.me

Donate to Help Olivia stay in Australia (Partner Visa), organized by Olivia Borghi

Hi all I have been living here in Australia for 5 years now. I came here … Olivia Borghi needs your support for Help Olivia stay in Australia (Partner Visa)

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh I LOVED Big Morongo when I went!

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And another for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Pairs — Swallow-tailed Kites! One preening itself in flight. 🪶

Two large mostly white raptors with black tails and flight feathers, soaring through a blue sky.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs — photos with pairs of the same species in them. Sandwich Terns. Youngster begging for food. 🪶

Two terns stand on the beach, facing each other. One has its beak open.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A rare two species, one branch photo. Northern Yellow Warbler and Northern Parula. 🪶

Two small yellow birds perched on a bare branch. One it looking up at the other.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was born and raised in California, so I can confidently say yes 🤣

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Went and got the annual inoculations before we hop on a plane to California in a couple weeks.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I used to work with one of these guys. Named him Bandit, if anyone makes to make a guess as to why. He was a mischievous little turd and I love him.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Time to find a new dentist 😵‍💫

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Same here. Though we went from 90 to high 60s. 🤣

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yep, on the door. LOL. Hmm I’m trying to think if I’ve ever met her. We’ve done outings at Duke Gardens before, and the name certainly sounds familiar!

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I felt so bad every time I closed the door because he would startle just a little bit 😂 Ooo it’s possible? Who’s your Auntie?

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Me when I get another email about university administrative restructuring

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Sweet kestrel pair this morning. 🪶

Female and male American kestrels perched together on a power pole.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Quite enjoyable getting to watch him grow up and get bigger. 💜

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We’ve had a funnel weaver spider (likely Barronopsis texana) living on our front door for a few months now. Have watched him molt and get bigger. Well, last week he left us to go search for a female to make new babies with. Kinda sad to see the empty funnel web. Good luck, little guy! #inverts

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s pretty cute regardless!

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well that’s kinda rude, Merlin.

Screenshot from the Merlin app of a Glacier Finch. It’s description reads “A fat and rather "neckless" finch (actually a tanager) of bogs or adjacent rocky slopes in the high Andes. Found in pairs or small groups, feeding on the ground. Note the overall blue-gray plumage with a large white crescent under the eyes; white wing patch can be hidden at rest but shows as white flash in flight. Compare with smaller White-throated Sierra Finch.”

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s 1am and there’s a cardinal calling outside.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

And insects (looking at you, cicadas)

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My favorite Distillers album (I also get told I look like her during this era)

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies. May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism. This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs. Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative
sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Right?? I usually just see them on sandy beaches. Very cool to see one actually flipping rocks!

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I hadn’t ever seen it before! The name makes so much sense when you see the behavior.

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When the turnstone actually turns stones. Ruddy Turnstone! 🪶

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mouthful — a bird with anything in its beak. Here’s more of that Black-and-white Warbler - this time with a snack! 🪶

A white bird with black stripes holds a caterpillar in its beak. It is perched on a tree branch covered with green lichen.

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