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.

Auckland Museum Q & A

To read a conversation between the Auckland Museum and me, click here. It comes complete with a video of me sketching a penguin specimen at just-slightly-faster-than-normal speed. (You can tell by the breathing.)

I guess if you don't want to click on the article you can still watch the video:

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.

Sketch biologist news

To receive occasional email updates, please sign up for Sketch Biologist News! The first update from my New Zealand seabird project just came out (if you missed it, catch up here).

Night at the museum

Welcome to New Zealand @sketchbiologist - we can't wait to share your #seabirdstory pic.twitter.com/3Bw5wXysz6

— Fulbright NZ (@FulbrightNZ) October 12, 2017

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