Little blue heron, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina #birds #wildlifephotography

Lesser yellowlegs preening, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina #birds #wildlifephotography

Current situation

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

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

The Virginia Bird Atlas (buff.ly/j9vcDDu ) asked to use a few of my photos, and I was happy to agree: Great blue heron: buff.ly/9Yvoa84 Carolina wren: buff.ly/HV8USbx Hooded merganser: buff.ly/oNaKnOe (third photo) European starling: buff.ly/EpVrp8k (fifth photo) #birds #wildlifephotography

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

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

Roseate spoonbills feeding, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina youtu.be/YBL-yK-zQW0 #birds #wildlifephotography

Wood stork, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina #birds #wildlifephotography

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

Wood stork, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina #birds #wildlifephotography

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

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

Weevil with a broken antenna, African American Heritage Park, Virginia #insects #macro

Roseate spoonbills playing, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina youtu.be/UG_r_pKtg6s #birds #wildlifephotography

Moth, Grapholita spp. I think, African American Heritage Park, Virginia #insects #macro #wildlifephotography

By far the best hummingbird pictures I've ever gotten: ruby-throated hummingbird, Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland #birds #wildlifephotography

A very backlit lesser yellowlegs, Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Maryland #birds #wildlifephotography

King rail, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

Semipalmated plover bathing, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

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

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

Wood storks feeding, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina #birds #wildlifephotography

Canis lupus familiaris "Cooper", Virginia Beach, Virginia #dogs #photography

Semipalmated sandpiper subduing a moth, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

Ring-billed gulls (I think; I'm terrible with gulls) trying to steal a meal from a Caspian tern. Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

King rail, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

Great blue heron, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

Slight disagreement between two white-rumped sandpipers, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

White ibis bathing at Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina #birds #wildlifephotography youtu.be/qNxP3_26m10

Ruddy turnstone, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia #birds #wildlifephotography

Ghost crab, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Wood storks preening, with a cameo by a great egret, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina youtu.be/zR9hTWtzaP8 #birds #wildlifephotography

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

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

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: nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi... The deadline for Life Sciences is November 10.

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

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

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

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

A very actively feeding snowy egret, Audubon's Silver Bluff Sanctuary, South Carolina youtu.be/oez4vBc6Df4 #birds #wildlifephotography

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

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