Seal snooze

This seal snoozed here on Goat Island all day long

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I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

Gannet stare

Australasian gannet, Morus serrator, sketched Sketched at the Auckland Museum. 

Australasian gannet #seabirdsketch

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I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

Night at the museum

Welcome to New Zealand @sketchbiologist - we can't wait to share your #seabirdstory pic.twitter.com/3Bw5wXysz6

— Fulbright NZ (@FulbrightNZ) October 12, 2017

I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

Seabirds on the move

Wheeling the seabird display down to the Origins Gallery, for a #seabirdstory event at the @aucklandmuseum!

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Wheeled by Dr. Matt Rayner of the Auckland Museum, my New Zealand host institution.

I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.

National Geographic debut

Meet the white-faced storm petrel, on a far-away island off the coast of New Zealand: story here.

My first #seabirdstory for National Geographic: How to Seabird in the Dark. See link in bio (https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2017/10/09/how-to-seabird-in-the-dark/) #fulbright #newzealand

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My first #seabirdstory for National Geographic (with sketches, of course!) https://t.co/NmSWlU7oQq #fulbright #seabirds pic.twitter.com/Tmdys46yYK

— Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) October 9, 2017

I'm in New Zealand for a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.