Intertidal sketches

View this post on Instagram

Intertidal sketches: rockweed on rocks. With guest appearance by periwinkle.

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Oct 10, 2018 at 5:13pm PDT

Return of the Penguins?

The fourth and final installment of Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin.

Photo by John Ayers

Yellow-eyed penguins on a subantarctic island! One of the most endangered penguin species in the world.

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Dec 14, 2017 at 9:30pm PST

Christmas in New Zealand

No snow, but New Zealand sure is festive right now

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Dec 20, 2017 at 1:24pm PST

Christmas morning at Danseys Pass, New Zealand (just me, the birds, and the sheep)

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Dec 24, 2017 at 6:14pm PST

Scenes from penguinland

The second chapter of my National Geographic series Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin: Penguins Wanted, actually involves penguins. Additional visual below.

My first penguin-monitoring station on a subantarctic island (I was pretty stoked to see four yellow-eyed penguins in four hours). Certainly can’t post this without acknowledging @edinzphoto’s amazing camo/neon combo gear loan (thanks, E!)

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Dec 4, 2017 at 12:32am PST

Subantarctic sketches

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

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Dec 2, 2017 at 5:41pm PST

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

A post shared by Abby McBride (@sketchbiologist) on Dec 3, 2017 at 2:45pm PST