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Maddie

@maddiejayy.bsky.social

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Biologist and obsessive birder. CA » OR » NC. Co-leader of Feminist Bird Club Durham. she/her

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Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 39m

Heard my first of season sapsucker today!

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 40m

Yes!!

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 1h

Yes! I’m also eating my soup now. It’s real good

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you!!

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 2h

That’s what I’d heard as well. 😬

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 2h

Still congested, but my throat stopped being scratchy today!

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 8h

That will be a much easier request when we’re living together. Which will happen when my lease is up in a couple months 😂

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 8h

Well now I know how it’s pronounced 😂

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 9h

Well now grilled cheese sounds amazing 😂

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 9h

Stunning!

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 1d

Right?? Very rude. Luckily mild, no fever or anything.

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 1d

My partner told me he’s gonna make some homemade chicken soup tomorrow and bring me some!

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a Nashville Warbler from the weekend. 🪶

A warbler with a gray head and back, yellow throat and belly. It is perched on a branch facing down and to the right.

A close up of a warbler that it gray on its head and back, yellow underneath, with a white eye ring.

A Nashville warbler perched on a small branch with green leaves hanging around it.

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 1d

I’m more congested today. Otherwise just kinda tired and an annoying scratchy throat!

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 1d

Second time this year. 😒

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 2d

Luckily yeah, so far. Scratchy throat/runny rose and slight headache today. I had really awful brain fog after the last time I had it though. Really hope that doesn’t happen again.

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 2d

Bruh. 🖕🏻

A positive Covid test.

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 2d

No one makes me angrier than IT. Lmao

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 6d

I am quickly learning that being a supervisor means there’s always at least one person pissing you off.

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 3d

lol right? Not to mention this dude mentioned he’s only been birdwatching for seven months lol

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 3d

FBC is doing a Birdathon again this year! 🪶

charity.pledgeit.org/2025fbcbirda...

Flyer that reads: 2025 Birdathin
a fundraiser for + Birders of Palestine
Saturday, October 18 @ Sandy Creek Park
8:30 am - 10:30 am
attendance not required for participation in Birdathon take part and/or donate 10/17-10/21

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 3d

It was multiple. First there was a Red-bellied Woodpecker calling and he goes “Pileated! They’re louder” which you know, those two sound nothing alike 😂 then I was watching a pewee and called it out and he says “that’s not flying like a pewee.” Uh sir, it sure is?

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 3d

Love to have a bird mansplained to me by a man that is very confidently wrong. Lmao

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 7d

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 4d

Ooo I went to college in Monterey, and took an ornithology class there! Let me know if you want any suggestions. There’s also some real good spots for tide pooling if you’re into that.

Maddie @maddiejayy.bsky.social · 6d

I am quickly learning that being a supervisor means there’s always at least one person pissing you off.