Bottlenose dolphins

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

Seabird music video!

Music video or science documentary? Whatever it is, it's the centerpiece of my latest National Geographic story: A Krill's-Eye Video of New Zealand Seabirds.

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

Penguin sketch action film

Scroll down to see the outcome of this sketching process (and read more in a Q&A with the Auckland Museum).

Sketching a penguin specimen at the @aucklandmuseum! You can watch the full (thrilling) video and read a Q&A here: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/about-us/blog/2017/life-and-times-of-sketch-biologist

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The product:

Here’s the penguin I sketched in that video (see previous post...) #seabirdsketch

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

Endemics

Pycroft’s petrel, yet another seabird that nests only in NZ #seabirdsketch

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

Sleepsketching

Sometimes I even sketch in my sleep. (Photo: Chris Gaskin) Waiting for the sun to set and the petrels to fly in for the night.

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I may have peeked.

View from the cliffs at sunset, waiting for darkness and incoming petrels

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