Matthew Herron
@matthewherron.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, photographer, NSF PO. Views are my own and do not represent those of my employer or the United States.
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Matthew Herron
@matthewherron.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I am now offering a very small selection of prints for sale at www.matthewherron.net/client-galle....
These are signed, archivally mounted and matted, and ready to frame in standard sizes (11"x14" for 7"x10" prints, 16"x24" for 12"x18" prints). If any sell, I'll add more.
#birds #wildlifephotography
These are signed, archivally mounted and matted, and ready to frame in standard sizes (11"x14" for 7"x10" prints, 16"x24" for 12"x18" prints). If any sell, I'll add more.
#birds #wildlifephotography
Here's bird that has no business being in Virginia: red-flanked bluetail, a native of Asia and northeastern Europe. I went out to Great Falls Park the first week of January to see this bird, and it was easy to find by the crowd of 30 or so birders following it around.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Here's bird that has no business being in Virginia: red-flanked bluetail, a native of Asia and northeastern Europe. I went out to Great Falls Park the first week of January to see this bird, and it was easy to find by the crowd of 30 or so birders following it around.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
#NSF BIO virtual office hour today at 1 EST
#NSF BIO is hosting a Virtual Office Hour December 18 at 1:00 Eastern Time
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
NSF BIO Virtual Office Hour: Updates from the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences
Please join the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences for a virtual office hour on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
www.nsf.gov
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#NSF BIO virtual office hour today at 1 EST
Reposted by Matthew Herron
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
December 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
Reposted by Matthew Herron
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Sea World Unfairly Scapegoats Innocent Heron
www.wftv.com/news/local/d...
The article does not say whether the poor egret was okay.
www.wftv.com/news/local/d...
The article does not say whether the poor egret was okay.
SeaWorld: Woman knocked out by snowy egret on Mako coaster, not duck
Sea World is now asking a judge to throw Martin’s lawsuit out, saying the park has no legal responsibility for the Egret’s actions since it had no control over the bird.
www.wftv.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sea World Unfairly Scapegoats Innocent Heron
www.wftv.com/news/local/d...
The article does not say whether the poor egret was okay.
www.wftv.com/news/local/d...
The article does not say whether the poor egret was okay.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#NSF BIO is hosting a Virtual Office Hour December 18 at 1:00 Eastern Time
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
NSF BIO Virtual Office Hour: Updates from the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences
Please join the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences for a virtual office hour on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
www.nsf.gov
December 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#NSF BIO is hosting a Virtual Office Hour December 18 at 1:00 Eastern Time
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-b...
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Loggerhead shrike, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, SC
That's the same perch as yesterday's mockingbird, and I really should have posted them in reverse order: twice, the mockingbird, previously nowhere to be seen, appeared out of nowhere to displace the shrike.
#birds #wildlifephotography
That's the same perch as yesterday's mockingbird, and I really should have posted them in reverse order: twice, the mockingbird, previously nowhere to be seen, appeared out of nowhere to displace the shrike.
#birds #wildlifephotography
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Loggerhead shrike, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, SC
That's the same perch as yesterday's mockingbird, and I really should have posted them in reverse order: twice, the mockingbird, previously nowhere to be seen, appeared out of nowhere to displace the shrike.
#birds #wildlifephotography
That's the same perch as yesterday's mockingbird, and I really should have posted them in reverse order: twice, the mockingbird, previously nowhere to be seen, appeared out of nowhere to displace the shrike.
#birds #wildlifephotography
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
American bittern, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina. This was my second furlough camping trip; I stayed across the border in Skidaway Island State Park, Georgia, This is the bird I went there to find, and I saw several.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
American bittern, Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina. This was my second furlough camping trip; I stayed across the border in Skidaway Island State Park, Georgia, This is the bird I went there to find, and I saw several.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
November 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not a turkey, but it will have to do...king rail, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not a turkey, but it will have to do...king rail, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park, Georgia
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
Sora, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia. My first sora, and the reason my first furlough camping trip was cut short. I caught a faint glimpse the previous day and staked out the location in the morning. I got several good looks, unfortunately very backlit, so...
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Sora, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia. My first sora, and the reason my first furlough camping trip was cut short. I caught a faint glimpse the previous day and staked out the location in the morning. I got several good looks, unfortunately very backlit, so...
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
Great blue heron, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Great blue heron, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia
Seaside sparrow, Magothy Bay State Natural Area Preserve on the eastern shore of Virginia
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Seaside sparrow, Magothy Bay State Natural Area Preserve on the eastern shore of Virginia
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
Northeastern beach tiger beetle eating a small crab, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve, Virginia. A subspecies of the eastern beach tiger beetle, they are considered threatened and declining throughout most of their range due to human activity.
#insects #wildlifephotography
#insects #wildlifephotography
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Northeastern beach tiger beetle eating a small crab, Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve, Virginia. A subspecies of the eastern beach tiger beetle, they are considered threatened and declining throughout most of their range due to human activity.
#insects #wildlifephotography
#insects #wildlifephotography
Seaside sparrows, Magothy Bay State Natural Area Preserve on the eastern shore of Virginia. These were along a narrow spit of land out into the marsh, accessible by a half-mile walk through some of the most mosquito-infested woods I've run into since Baxter SP in Maine.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Seaside sparrows, Magothy Bay State Natural Area Preserve on the eastern shore of Virginia. These were along a narrow spit of land out into the marsh, accessible by a half-mile walk through some of the most mosquito-infested woods I've run into since Baxter SP in Maine.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
A juvenile common gallinule feeding at Savannah River National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
youtu.be/if1CmE2GfPk
#birds #wildlifephotography
youtu.be/if1CmE2GfPk
#birds #wildlifephotography
Common gallinule feeding
Juvenile common gallinule feeding and preening at Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
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November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A juvenile common gallinule feeding at Savannah River National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
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#birds #wildlifephotography
youtu.be/if1CmE2GfPk
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM