Subantarctic sketches

Naturalist sketches from the subantarctic: ferns, red-billed gull, limpet, southern rātā, kelp (Chambres Inlet, New Zealand)

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Not sure why, but I really like skuas (sketched in subantarctic New Zealand)

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Ridylliculous

This place is ridiculously idyllic.

Wisteria and citrus on Gribblehirst Road

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

Weird things

Weird things you find on the ground in New Zealand: a “cone” from a banksia tree (introduced from Australia)

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

Blue flag

Good morning #maine

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Zee and the Glacier Mouse

A glacier mouse is a ball of moss that forms around a pebble and gets blown around on a glacier. Lots of tiny animals live inside of it!

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