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February 13, 2017

Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

February 13, 2017/ Abby McBride

Just arrived at Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, to spend a few weeks with #ornithology researcher Tom Martin and crew! Stay tuned for some #borneobirds.

A post shared by Sketch Biologist (@abbymcb) on Feb 13, 2017 at 5:02am PST

February 13, 2017/ Abby McBride/
Asia, Australasia, Geology, Landscapes, Birds, Conservation, People, Science
pencil, digital

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October 11, 2016

Sage-grouse sketch

October 11, 2016/ Abby McBride

Can predator removal help the declining Greater Sage-Grouse? https://t.co/9yKVBqxASU #ornithology pic.twitter.com/0z33vsspq5

— American Ornithology (@AmOrnith) September 27, 2016
October 11, 2016/ Abby McBride/
Birds, Conservation, North America, Science
pencil, twitter

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June 06, 2016

Of eiders and islands

June 06, 2016/ Abby McBride
Of eiders and islands

Dispatches from two weeks on a seabird nesting island off the coast of Maine.

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June 06, 2016/ Abby McBride/
Birds, Conservation, Landscapes, Marine Life, North America, Plants, Science, Weather, Fungi, Fish, Crustaceans, Mammals, People
field sketch, watercolor pencil, watercolor, pencil, pen, storify, twitter
May 03, 2016

Long Live the King of the Meadow

May 03, 2016/ Abby McBride
Long Live the King of the Meadow

Today I published a 39-tweet story over the course of 6 hours: a day in the life of a meadowbird researcher in the Netherlands. Here it is fully assembled.

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May 03, 2016/ Abby McBride/
Birds, Conservation, Europe, Landscapes, People, Science
photo, field sketch, pencil, watercolor, storify, twitter
February 19, 2016

Airborne Identity

February 19, 2016/ Abby McBride

California or the Yukon? You can use DNA from a single feather to find out where a migrating bird hails from, and where it stops along the way (I wrote a story about this for Living Bird Magazine).

Wilson's Warbler, the star of this study. Drawn in 2008 for Acadia Birding Festival.

February 19, 2016/ Abby McBride/
Birds, Conservation, Science, North America, People
text, colored pencil, pen

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