Auckland Museum Q & A

To read a conversation between the Auckland Museum and me, click here. It comes complete with a video of me sketching a penguin specimen at just-slightly-faster-than-normal speed. (You can tell by the breathing.)

I guess if you don't want to click on the article you can still watch the video:

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

More extreme seabirding

Abby’s-eye view, climbing the cliffs at Tawharanui en route to some seabird burrows

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

Little (blue) penguin

Sometime soon I'll have to paint one and show just how blue it really is. Little penguin, Eudyptula minor, sketched at the Auckland Museum. 

Little (blue) penguin #seabirdsketch

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

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.