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.

Diving petrel

Common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix, sketched at the Auckland Museum.

Diving petrel #seabirdsketch

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

More extreme seabirding

Abby’s-eye view, climbing the cliffs at Tawharanui en route to some seabird burrows

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

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.

Gannet stare

Australasian gannet, Morus serrator, sketched Sketched at the Auckland Museum. 

Australasian gannet #seabirdsketch

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