Intertidal sketches

Chiton, as viewed through three inches of water.

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And now, a brief barnacle interlude

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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!)

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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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Voyage of the Yellow-eyed Penguin

My first of four stories about a voyage to the subantarctic!

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