Josh Bartok

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Fledgling cedar waxwings (black eye mask, light belly, brown body, yellow line on tail, crest)

Adult cedar waxwing (black eye mask, yellow belly, warm brown head) with a red berry in their mouth and a feeling next to them (brown with crest and black eye mask and yellow beak)

@lizroemer.bsky.social and I saw our first fledgling cedar waxwing today! 🪶

A little blue heron (two toned beak with black tip, purple-maroon head and neck, slate blue body) looking to the right, reflecting in the water.

We saw our first little blue heron in Scarborough Marsh, Maine, US on Sunday! 🪶

9 snowy egrets perched on a dead tree in a salt marsh

5 barn swallows and 1 tree swallow perched on a dead tree in a salt marsh

We went to Scarborough Marsh outside Portland Maine today while it was raining and saw these flocks of birds perched on trees. 🪶

Belted kingfisher (steel blue head, white body with brown “belt” and steel blue on breast, striped tail) perched on branch

A belted kingfisher that @lizroemer.bsky.social spotted. 🪶

Sandhill crane (red top of the head, white face and neck, brown body) surrounded by grass and plants

Excited to get such a good look at a sandhill crane in Halifax, MA, US. 🪶

Tree swallow (iridescdnt blue head, face, and top of wing, white throat, chest, and belly, black wing tips) posing on a wooden post with green background

Portrait of a tree swallow. 🪶

Andrea Gibson @andreagibson Those who do the most growing in this life are those who offer the most compassion to the parts of themselves that have not yet grown. 8:55 PM • Nov 6, 2023 • 14K Views

So many beautiful words from this shining light of presence and love. #therapistsky #psychology

Indigo bunting (blue head and body, darker tail, light blue beak) perched in a branch with green leaves behind it.

Two juvenile great blue herons perched on a nest (with feathers sticking straight up on their heads)

Two fun sightings from the weekend. 🪶 @lizroemer.bsky.social and I have been looking for indigo buntings for years and a lovely man helped us find this one.

A piping plover chick standing on the beach with rocks around it

Piping plover chicks always make me smile. 🪶 📷 by @joshbartok.bsky.social

Dramatic close-up of a great blue heron, looking at the camera with yellow eyes, greyish blue head and beak, with some white on the head. Can also see brown, white, and grey shoulder

This beautiful great blue heron was in a tree when it gave me this excellent look. 🪶

Close up of a blooming pink lotus and it’s reflection in the water. Black background

Dramatic close-up of a great blue heron, looking at the camera with yellow eyes, greyish blue head and beak, with some white on the head. Can also see brown, white, and grey shoulder

This beautiful great blue heron was in a tree when it gave me this excellent look. 🪶

What We Do Matters, Especially When Things Are Hardest Four ways to tap into meaning and get yourself unstuck—even when things are hardest.

@joshbartok.bsky.social and I wrote about taking meaningful actions even while feeling afraid or overwhelmed. #psychscisky #therapistsky

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind... What We Do Matters, Especially When Things Are Hardest | Psychology Today

Amazing!

Northern bobwhite (black and white thick stripes on head, brown body) perched in a tree

We saw our first northern bobwhite over the weekend! 🪶

Very excited to get such good looks at these two blue grosbeaks! 🪶

Blue grosbeak male (blue body, rust bars on wing, light blue thick beak) perched on a bare branch

Female blue grosbeak (cinnamon head, light brown body with darker wings and tail, light blue top beak) perched on a branch with leaves behind her

Very excited to get such good looks at these two in Falmouth, MA, US this morning. 🪶

Recognizing Kindness and Generosity Increases Them Studies show people are less selfish than we imagine—yet this mistaken imagining negatively shapes our actions. Through practice, we can see and bring forward more of the good.

@joshbartok.bsky.social & I have a new @psychologytoday.com piece on how we can increase kindness & generosity through our awareness & actions, while still recognizing cruelty. #psychology

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind... Recognizing Kindness and Generosity Increases Them | Psychology Today

#SundayThoughts

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Downy woodpecker baby sticking his head out of a tree cavity nest, with green background. (Slight red on crown, black and white face, black beak)

It took a little while to find this noisy down woodpecker baby! 🪶

Ruby-throated hummingbird (green shiny back, black face) perched on a bare branch

Fun to see this hummingbird perched on a tree. 🪶

A cerulean warbler perched on a bare branch. White breast and neck, blue head and blue and white body (looks black/grey due to poor lighting)

On our fourth try @lizroemer.bsky.social and I finally saw the local celebrity cerulean warbler! 🪶

Eye, beak, and head of baby chickadee in a nest cavity. Yellow lined beak

We saw our first chickadee chick today in Smithfield, RI, USA. 🪶

A killdeer chick (black eyeline, black bin, white face and breast, sand colored head and wings) well camouflaged in the sand.

Our first killdeer chick in Winthrop, MA, USA 🪶

Oystercatcher (black head, yellow and orange eye circles, long orange beak, greyish back, white underneath) looking back while walking on beach rocks

Oystercatcher with oystercatcher chick standing next to her

This was our first oystercatcher chick! 🪶

Eastern meadowlark singing on a pine branch. Yellow chest, black and white streaks. Beak open

Eastern Meadowlark, Falmouth MA. Lifer. 🪶

Eastern bluebird feeding juvenile. Parent is in flight, with light brownish orange chest, back wing is blue, belly is white, has locust in beak. Juvenile is perched on branch with mouth open.

Adult eastern bluebird (blue head and wings, white underside, brownish orange chest)

Amazing to witness this in the parking lot after birding. Falmouth, MA. 🪶

Evening grosbeak (bright yellow marks over eyes, greenish beak, black head, brown neck, yellow body, black and white wings looking directly at the camera

Side view of evening grosbeak on the ground with bright yellow accent over eye.

@lizroemer.bsky.social and I drove to Concord, MA to try to find this beauty this morning and two other birders helped us. Lifer! 🪶