Matthew A. Mulvey

Yellow beak, red eyes, gray cowl, brown body, pink legs, cool bird

Gray-Cowled Wood-Rail patrolling the muddy banks of the Sierpe River

#birds 🪶
#costarica
#wildlife
#canonR5
#birdfreaks

Thanks - they are fast and tricky to focus on, but this one cooperated for a split second.

Head-on view of a black-chinned hummingbird, hovering over a stream.

Black-chinned Hummingbird sipping from a stream in the Wasatch Mountains.

#birds #wildlife 🪶

Paradise spider (Habronattus festus)

Meow.

#macro #jumpingspider #spider #cutie

@globaluti.bsky.social

Excited to hear from @bacterialtalk.bsky.social speaking as part of the NIAID T32-sponsored Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series @utah.edu
@uofubiology.bsky.social

American Kestrel perched on the tip of a branch with snowy mountains in the background.

American Kestrel balancing act
#birds 🪶
#wildlife

Little Blue Heron standing cross-legged on a muddy river bank with tangles of mangrove roots in the background.

Little Blue Heron chillin’ on the banks of the Sierpe River.
#birds 🪶
#costarica #mangroves #wildlife

First attempt at a Milky Way shot. Taken at Meek’s Cabin Reservoir, WY. Imagine fewer clouds, and happy stars reflected in the water. Maybe next time…

#milkyway #stars

Brown and white bird in the grass with a black grub in its beak.

Song Thrush with breakfast, seen with @mgblango.bsky.social (who personally knows every single bird along the Saale River in Jena, Germany)
#birds 🪶
#wildlife #germanwildlife #r5

Blue dragonfly with tellow-green stripes in flight

Paddle-tailed Darner skimming above the boardwalk at Silver Lake, UT. ⛰️

#dragonfly #nature #canonr5 #insect #wasatch

Closeup of a wood pigeon with purple, green and blue hues on a window sill in Jena, Germany.

Common wood-pigeons barely tolerate the bird paparazzi in Jena, Germany.
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#birds

Grey heron taking off from shallow water with wings up and water trailing from its legs.

Grey heron taking flight from the Saale river in Jena, Germany. Thanks to @mgblango.bsky.social and @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social for a fantastic visit with great science and wonderful birds.
🪶 #birds 🧬 🔬 🇩🇪

Two rows of people wearing active or outdoors clothing stand in a lush green forest. One person in the front row holds a map of the area.

Last week we enjoyed a lovely day of socialising and networking with the groups of @mgblango.bsky.social and @slavi-jan.bsky.social. We broke into teams for a scavenger hunt and visited a palace outside Weimar. We were even joined by special guest @mulveylab.bsky.social while he was visiting!

This was a blast. Thanks for including me!

Zoiks! That is a nice kingfisher shot!

Congrats Dr. O'Connor Matthews! Excellent defense!

@uofubiology.bsky.social‬ @utah.edu‬

Shimmery green humming bird with rusty tail and purple-ish wings on a branch, with attitude.

Rufous-tailed hummingbird, part deux.

#birds 🪶 #birdfreaks #costarica 🇨🇷 #hummingbird

Metallic green hummingbird with rusty clores tail on a branch, blinking with one foot scratching its throat.

Shy bird.

Rufous-tailed humming bird with the remnants of a spider on its beak.

#birds 🪶
#costarica #wildlife #canonr5

Black hawk on volcanic rock with Pacific ocean in background. Bird is all black, except for orange beak and legs.

Black Hawk at sunset on the Osa Peninsula
#birds 🪶 🇨🇷 🌅

'Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day'
– Elton John

#insectsinflight #dragonfly #nature
Blue-eyed Darner

I did not know that such conferences existed. Seems like an asinine policy.

Nice!

Bee-fly Mimic dining out in the Wasatch mountains.

#insects #utah #wildlife #flower

Nomad Bee contemplating life and the fate of science in America while perched on the stamina of a sticky geranium.

#insects #flower #macro

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Cool bird with red, red eyes

Spotted Towhee in need of some Visine.
🪶 #birds