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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November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Aaand now we start with the furlough pics: white ibis, great & snowy egrets, and undoubtedly some other species further out, Cape Henlopen State Park, DE. Between me and the nearest birds was a giant ball of trapped minnows, birds just going to town on them.
#birds #wildlifephotography #destateparks
#birds #wildlifephotography #destateparks
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Aaand now we start with the furlough pics: white ibis, great & snowy egrets, and undoubtedly some other species further out, Cape Henlopen State Park, DE. Between me and the nearest birds was a giant ball of trapped minnows, birds just going to town on them.
#birds #wildlifephotography #destateparks
#birds #wildlifephotography #destateparks
Finally moving on from my September trip to South Carolina to something more local: red phalarope, Capitol Reflecting Pond, Washington, DC. I Metroed up because this bird had been reported every day for like a week, but I initially went to the wrong reflecting pond!
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Finally moving on from my September trip to South Carolina to something more local: red phalarope, Capitol Reflecting Pond, Washington, DC. I Metroed up because this bird had been reported every day for like a week, but I initially went to the wrong reflecting pond!
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, where all these recent posts of roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, and wood storks were taken in September, is pretty empty at the moment. There's a kestrel and a kingfisher keeping me company, a few killdeer, and that's about it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, where all these recent posts of roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, and wood storks were taken in September, is pretty empty at the moment. There's a kestrel and a kingfisher keeping me company, a few killdeer, and that's about it.
Roseate spoonbills bickering over a feather, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina. Video of the same birds playing, squabbling, and generally acting like big, pink puppies: youtu.be/UG_r_pKtg6s
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Roseate spoonbills bickering over a feather, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina. Video of the same birds playing, squabbling, and generally acting like big, pink puppies: youtu.be/UG_r_pKtg6s
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Current situation
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Current situation
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November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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October 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When will I stop posting snowy egrets in Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary? Probably not soon. I'll try to mix it up a bit.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When will I stop posting snowy egrets in Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary? Probably not soon. I'll try to mix it up a bit.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
Red-cockaded woodpecker, Aiken, SC. Once common across the southeastern US, fragmentation of their old-growth pine habitat reduced the population from millions to a few thousand individuals by the '70s. Conservation efforts have helped them rebound to ~19,000 individuals.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Red-cockaded woodpecker, Aiken, SC. Once common across the southeastern US, fragmentation of their old-growth pine habitat reduced the population from millions to a few thousand individuals by the '70s. Conservation efforts have helped them rebound to ~19,000 individuals.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Moth, Grapholita spp. I think, African American Heritage Park, Virginia
#insects #macro #wildlifephotography
#insects #macro #wildlifephotography
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Moth, Grapholita spp. I think, African American Heritage Park, Virginia
#insects #macro #wildlifephotography
#insects #macro #wildlifephotography
By far the best hummingbird pictures I've ever gotten: ruby-throated hummingbird, Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland
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#birds #wildlifephotography
October 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
By far the best hummingbird pictures I've ever gotten: ruby-throated hummingbird, Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
A very backlit lesser yellowlegs, Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Maryland
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#birds #wildlifephotography
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A very backlit lesser yellowlegs, Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Maryland
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#birds #wildlifephotography
October 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
October 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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
October 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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
Great blue heron, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia. There's no extreme editing here, just a lucky circumstance. The bird was in the light while the background was in shadow, and I underexposed a full stop to preserved the detail in the white feathers.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
October 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Great blue heron, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia. There's no extreme editing here, just a lucky circumstance. The bird was in the light while the background was in shadow, and I underexposed a full stop to preserved the detail in the white feathers.
#birds #wildlifephotography
#birds #wildlifephotography
October 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM