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.

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.

Sniffing out seabirds

More photos from two days of seabird-sniffing with Rua the wonder dog...

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

Seabird searching selfie

Never know where you’ll end up when you’re following a bird-sniffing conservation dog. Rua the wonder dog (@dabchicknz) led us up this near-vertical grassy slope, and sure enough found a nest burrow.

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

Conservation dog

Starting a day of nest-searching with Rua the seabird detector dog

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