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Matthew Herron

@matthewherron.bsky.social

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Evolutionary biologist, photographer, NSF PO. Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer or the United States. youtube.com/@xprinceps, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577139550412, matthewherron.net

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 3h

Ghost crab, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 1d

Willet in the surf, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
#birds #wildlifephotography

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 1d

The photos that I'm posting now are from August...it's actually just a coincidence that I'm in Back Bay again while they're posting. This is from this morning...it will be weeks or months before I start posting pictures from this trip.

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 2d

Willet with a mole crab, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 3d

Sanderling, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
#birds #wildlifephotography

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 4d

Black-necked stilts, Wye Island Natural Resource Management Area, Maryland. These are some of the same birds as in this video: youtu.be/3b9Y2Sl9h5g
#birds #wildlifephotography

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 4d

Or time machines

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 4d

Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware was ridiculous. Now I'm in Cape Charles on the eastern shore of Virginia, where there are just as many white ibis, but also lots of seaside sparrows

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 5d

Wood storks preening, with a cameo by a great egret, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina
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#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 6d

Tricolored heron in the rain, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia. This is the same bird as in this video: bsky.app/profile/matt...
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 7d

Snowy egret, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 8d

The #NSF Division of Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) will host a Virtual Office Hour for the #GRFP (Graduate Research Fellowship Program) on Thursday, October 16 at 1 pm ET:

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The deadline for Life Sciences is November 10.

Webinar Registration - Zoom

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 8d

Wilson's phalarope, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina. This is the same bird as in this video, still the only one I've ever seen: youtu.be/budnK2_4Cv4
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 9d

Snowy egret hunting at Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina. Probably the same bird as in this video, but I'm not sure: youtu.be/oez4vBc6Df4
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 10d

White ibis, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 11d

Black-bellied whistling ducks, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia
#birds #wildlifephotography

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 13d

A very actively feeding snowy egret, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina
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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 13d

Here's a little blue heron losing the white juvenile plumage and coming into its blue-gray adult plumage. This is the only heron to undergo a color change of this sort, from all white to dark. Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia
#birds #wildlifephotography

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you!

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 14d

Who knew pied-billed grebe babies were so freaking cute?
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 15d

Pied-billed grebe with an immense crayfish, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia
#birds #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 16d

Green anole, Asclepias and More (www.asclepiasandmore.com), Groveton, Georgia
#reptiles #wildlifephotography

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Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 17d

Skipper, Asclepias & More (www.asclepiasandmore.com), Groveton, Georgia
#insects #macro

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 18d

The owner of Asclepias and More (www.asclepiasandmore.com) kindly let me wander around with a macro lens.
Wasp, Grovetown, Georgia
#insects #macro

Wasp, covered with yellow pollen, on a flower

Matthew Herron @matthewherron.bsky.social · 19d

Wilson's phalarope feeding at Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina
youtu.be/budnK2_4Cv4
#birds #wildlifephotography

Wilson's phalarope

Wilson's phalarope feeding at Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina

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