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.
youtube.com/@xprinceps, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577139550412, matthewherron.net
youtube.com/@xprinceps, https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577139550412, matthewherron.net
Pinned
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
#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
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A juvenile common gallinule feeding at Savannah River National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina
youtu.be/if1CmE2GfPk
#birds #wildlifephotography
youtu.be/if1CmE2GfPk
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM