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.

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.

Pests-be-gone

Maria Island, site of the world’s first island-wide eradication of invasive rodents (in the 1960s). We couldn’t land the boat on the rocks, so I swam over to take a look. Those hills are covered with seabird burrows!

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

Noisy Island Voyage

En route to the amazing Noises Islands!

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

Two weeks in NZ!

This year I'm doing a Fulbright-National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship in New Zealand.
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