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It’s me. Joe

@picidae.bsky.social
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Birder. Snake owner. Moth curious. Unabashed liberal.

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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Part Deux. It was not on my bucket list to see the Hollywood sign. And that’s my son. A better birder than I
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Back to fun. Trip to California.
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Pay TSA. Defund ICE. TSA at one airport does more for our safety than ICE
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Am I the only one who sees how sad our country is when a draft dodger in a bad hat is doing “dignified transfers”?
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Try this video. If Bluesky allows me to. #Birds #birding #photography
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Been afk for a bit. Social media is not my thing. I was in Puerto Rico over Thanksgiving The short video has flyover Puerto Rican Amazons. Critically endangered. Added 5 other lifers too. #Birds #birding #photography
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Good news everyone! (Who knows where that line is from?). I am headed to Puerto Rico in November. Targets are my last 3 PR endemics; PR Parrot. PR Tanager and PR Screech-Owl. Not much of a chance for more lifers. You never know tho. Worst case birds,food,wine. # #birds #birding #photography
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Did I already post this La Sagra’s Flycatcher from South Florida? 2024 I think. #Birds #birding #photography
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Dental appt today. Exciting life (sarcasm font). Some South Polar Skua shots from 2016. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Adding hashtags. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Saturday bird. Lesser Roadrunner 2016. Honduras. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A little posting break. From 2016 Honduran Emerald. Aguan Valley, Honduras. Love endemic species.
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Today. No birds. Just Uncle Pecos Froggy went a courtin’ He did ride Crambone
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Tuesday. More form 2016. From Honduras a Collared Aracari. Timing is only second to lighting. Or vice versa. lol. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Monday. From 2016. A Brown-crested Flycatcher from the Agua Valley in Honduras. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Happy Sunday. Today is a Boat-billed Heron from Cuero y Salado in Honduras. I was lying upside down in a boat to get this one. These guys don’t want to be seen #Birds #birding #photography. 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Long ride to the office. Then an hour home {sigh} From 2016 again. One of my favorite shots of all time. A Sanderling and shadow and reflection. With food. As usual Chincoteague NWR. This one makes me feel like I have a clue I don’t. But luck was on my side #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Business trip to NYC today. Woo. Hoo. Another 2016 bird from Chincoteague. Royal Tern. I believe this is a first year bird. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Just a reminder. When thinking about the civil war, the “Confederates” were all traitors.
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
One of my favorite birds. From 2016 on Chincoteague NWR Red-headed Woodpecker #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Monday and a nice day in Southeast Pennsylvania Today is a Piping Plover in a protected nest in Chincoteague from 2016 #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Sunday. #GoBirds Little Blue Heron. 2016. Chincoteague Va #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
“As you sow so shall you reap”
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
“Let’s post two” - Ernie Banks. Probably. 2016 Chincoteague. Least Tern. These shots are challenging and fun. 99% of these shots end up in the bit bucket. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Saturday bird. 2016 Female Hooded Merganser from Chincoteague Virginia. This was in June, so it was out of season. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
How about a 2016 breeding plumage Western Cattle Egret from Chincoteague Virginia? #Birds #birding #photography 🪶🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Let’s Go Penn State! Today’s bird is a wonderful Red-breasted Nuthatch from 2012 at my feeders. Love these guys. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This is a storm bird. A Red Phalarope at Green Lane Reservoir, Walt Road area. I was using someone else’s gigantic lens. I hated all the pictures I took #Birds #birding #photography 🪶 Still. I only need Wilson’s Phalarope in my county and state (Montgomery, Pennsylvania)
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Tonight was @billyprice.bsky.social in Wayne Pa. Billy and the band were in top form. Can’t wait to see him again.
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Thursday’s bird. From 2012 at my feeders. Purple Finch. Most likely a female. Might be a young male. According to @davidsibley.org, first year males are identical to females. Thanks David! #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Took a few days off. From 2012. Pileated Woodpecker at my feeders. Love these guys. They announce their presence with a “wek”. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
From 2012 just a male Hairy Woodpecker at my feeders. I wish all pictures were this easy #Birds #birding #photography🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
My favorite North American wren Cactus Wren 2012 Boyce Thompson Arboretum Arizona. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Can’t sleep. Here are pics of a Giant Wood Rail from Uruguay in 2023 #Birds #birding #photography This was a tough shot through tall reeds around a pond/mudhole. I thought these wood all be trash. I got lucky.
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Sunday bird flashback. 2023 just a sharp Crested Caracara from South America. I think it was in Chile #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
As we move to the weekend. Today’s bird is Chimango Caracara This is from 2023. Pretty sure I was in Chile. Anyway, it was South America. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The Thursday bird is a Burrowing Owl from 2022 at Florida Atlantic University. #Birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
An Orange-breasted Bunting from Chiapas Mexico. 2022 I like the colloquial name better: Rosita’s Bunting. #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
2020. Not 2021
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
From 2021 in a park in Las Vegas A Redhead #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Lifer butterfly today American Snout
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
From 2018 or maybe 2019 Black-capped Chickadee and a Red-breasted Nuthatch eating out of my son’s hand in Algonquin NP Ontario, Canada #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
From 2018. The local non-migratory “Puerto Rican” Broad-winged Hawk (ssp brunnescens) #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Today is a Puerto Rican Tody from the base of El Yunque. From 2017 #birds #birding #photography 🪶 This is one of 5 Tody’s. Jamaican, Broad-billed, Narrow-billed and Cuban are the other 4
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
From 2016 a Cory’s Shearwater of Manteo NC #birds #birding #pelagic #photography 🪶 If I am lucky, I might find a Scopli’s in my archive.
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Today is a Bendire’s Thrasher from 2012. Taken at the famous “LeConte’s Thrasher” spot off Baseline Road in Arizona #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This is a Rufous Nightjar from Volcán Barù. Chiriqui. Panamá He just sat in the road and let us take pics. #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This Summer Tanager enjoyed lunch with us in Panamá. This is an iPhone picture. #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
A poor shot of a White-whiskered Puffbird from Panamá #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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It’s me. Joe @picidae.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
This baby Barn Swallow was at John Heinz NWR at Tinicum. #birds #birding #photography 🪶
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