Plastic patrol

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I wrote a story about a seabird (guess the species!) that is monitoring plastic pollution all over the Arctic: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/a-hardy-seabird-is-helping-to-detect-plastic-pollution-in-the-arctic/ #LivingBirdMagazine @CornellBirds #northernfulmar #seabird #sketch #watercolor #bird #arctic #seabirdstory #wildlife #nature #science #conservation #plasticpollution #painting #art

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(Here’s the story.)

Stop, drop, and roll

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Today in “scientists like pictures too(?)”...my illustration of ‘Generalized fire response strategies in plants and animals’ by Juli G. Pausas in @oikosjournal. . (Visit oikosjournal.org/forum to see the paper and more illustrations.) #ecology #art #conservation #illustration #wildlife #painting #animal #botany #trees #seeds #birds #ornithology #mammals #herps #fire #forestfire #oikosforum #scienceinpictures

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Seabirds in the mountains

Acadia Birding Marathon

Ghost gallery

Sunny days alternated with late May blizzards throughout the week at Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado (during which I had an art show, talk, and sketch walk). Read more in a post by The Fulbright Program.

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Ghost birds in Ghost Town: watercolors of the New Zealand storm-petrel (thought to be extinct for the entire 20th century) on the walls of @ghosttowntelluride. Thanks to @mountainfilm, @the_fulbright_program, and @insidenatgeo for helping me bring seabirds to the mountains. Swipe for more seabird sketches. . . Photo by Christine Zirneklis . . #newzealand #seabirdstory #fulbright #natgeo #nz #seabirds #mountains #movies #fulbrightnz #watercolor #pencil #sketch #art #birds #conservation #science #biodiversity #wildlife #mountainfilm #telluride

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Photo by Christine Zirneklis