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Matt Herron

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Evolutionary biologist, digs Volvox. Posts reflect only my personal view and do not necessarily represent the views of my employer or the United States.

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On July 18th, 2024 from 1-2pm, IOS is holding a Virtual Office Hour about the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) for students and mentors! Let your students know! Anyone can attend. Colleagues from GRFP will be in attendance.

iosblog.nsfbio.com/2024/07/03/d...

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IOS has a job announcement searching for the next Division Director of IOS!

The Division Director provides vision & leadership to the Division. This is a rotational opportunity.

More information & details can be found here:
www.usajobs.gov/job/797566700

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Two very different ages of juvenile eastern bluebird, both photographed the same day, both super cute. #birds
Huntley Meadows Park, VA

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Eastern bluebird bringing fresh material to the nest. I hoped for a picture of a head poking out, but got distracted and missed it.
Huntley Meadows Park, VA
#birds

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Frazzled parent, then "I'm ignoring you."
Common grackles, Huntley Meadows Park, VA.
#birds

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Hah! I was there yesterday, too. Did you see the ibis?

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Ebony jewelwing male and female (with the wing spot), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN

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Chestnut-sided warbler singing his heart out in the fog. Craggy Gardens, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC

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Have they tried not being solid bright white? Seriously, you can see them from a literal half mile away when every other bird is invisible.

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Thanks! Landed maybe 30 feet away and walked toward me until I couldn't fit the whole bird in the frame. I'm not sure if this is how they hunt (for depth perception?), a threat display, or what

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The legs are definitely pale-ish...here's another view of the same individual. Thanks!

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I believe this is a golden-winged skimmer, though it could be a Needham's (and feel free to set me straight). Dragonfly density at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge was incredible, and they were all headed east (toward the dunes and beach) in the morning, west in the evening.
#insect #dragonfly

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Atlantic ghost crab, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, VA
The biting flies were going to town on my ankles (THROUGH my socks) while my hands were busy operating the camera.
#Arthropod #Crustacean #Crab

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This is what I came here to ask. Beautiful shot!

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I'm hiring a postdoc, for bioinformatics work on amino acid substitution models. I think they are key for understanding biophysics of selection on proteins, mutation patterns, and ancient life, as well as improving phylogenetic methods. evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

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Prothonotary warbler, Huntley Meadows Park, VA

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Eastern wood pewee, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, VA

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I can't believe "from bacteria to buffalo or beyond" made it through the approval process. Awesome.

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Agreed, @evolutionpirate.bsky.social clued me in to this, which I'd never heard of, and I was fooled by the jiggling. I have a nice video of this, but I guess that's not supported on Bluesky?

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Reviewing the video, I can believe I was fooled by the movement imparted by the bird. Thanks; this makes so much more sense now!

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Can anyone tell me what this Carolina wren is removing (yes, removing; I watched it happeb twice) from the nest? Definitely alive, because it was wriggling. Some kind of pupa? Why remove it instead of, say, eat it or feed to the babies?

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Oh, and I see Bluesky has cut it down to a third of that!

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Prothonotary warbler announcing his presence in Alexandria, VA yesterday morning Also, Lightroom's denoising is incredible... this was shot at ISO 20,000 and cropped to just over 10% of the raw file

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Permanent Program Officer position in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology, Systematics and Biodiversity Science cluster:

www.usajobs.gov/job/786049900

Applications accepted now through May 10

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I'm co-leading an IOS Virtual Office Hour this Thurs 3/21 from 1-2pm ET on "Proposal Life Cycle: From Submission to Decision". Ever feel like after you submit your proposal to NSF that it's in a black box? Come have that black box opened!

Register here:
nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

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New NSF DCL Innovative Use of Scientific Collections "NSF encourages submission of proposals...that foster Innovative Use of Scientific Collections and/or associated digital data for novel research, education, and training applications within and across STEM disciplines."

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Tree swallow, Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, PA

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For the NSF DEB community - see the new solicitation for the core programs.

What’s to note?

SG (Small Grants) changed to STAR - new acronym with more $, now $400k. Great for theory, synthesis, postdoc initiated ideas, etc. Only 10 pages too.

new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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