Cliffhanger! Risking Life and Limb for Fluffy Seabirds

Another music video/science documentary mashup, this time involving falling off a cliff...

In which I plummet down a 70-meter seacliff to find nesting birds—fairy prions!—and their impossibly fluffy chicks. My latest Nat Geo story (link in bio) features a music video + science documentary with music from "Birds Say" by @darlingside.

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Year of the Bird!

2018 is #YearoftheBird at National Geographic. On my little corner of the Nat Geo site, it's #YearoftheSeabird! Link in bio (and lots more stories and sketches to come).

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Auld Lang Seal

In lieu of some sort of profound end-of-year summary for 2017...please accept this trio of New Zealand fur seals

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Drawing sheep

When I can’t fall asleep I draw sheep

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Dunsdale dawn chorus

Want to hear the dawn chorus in Dunsdale, New Zealand? (The interior of my tent becomes increasingly visible over the course of this exciting video.)

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