Rachel Hickcox, Penguin Detective. By Amy Archer, University of Otago, Masters of Science Communication student “Something is happening, we just don’t know what.” This is the mystery behind unexplained mortalities in the South Island...
This time of year is busy for yellow-eyed penguins. They are molting, replacing all of their feathers at once for a brand new set. This is very energetically taxing and because they are no...
Location: Penguin Bay, Catlins Date: 10/16/2018 Off we go! After eggs and bacon for breakfast, we left the accommodations at 9:30am. 2 4wd trucks took us to Penguin Bay. The roads are very windy...
Location: Catlins Date: 10/15/2018 The goal of the week: count penguin nests at 4-5 different sites, including scanning for transponders to ID birds, counting eggs, GPS locate each nest, and deploy a few GPS...
Every year, Abbey College has a tradition- celebrating Midwinter Christmas in July! Abbey holds special dinners monthly/bimonthly, where all the residents get together for a fun night of food and entertainment. There are typically...
This is the River Leith. It runs through campus. That’s the Clocktower building in the back. See those ducks? I really like them. They are not around during the day, just after the sun...
First week is over. What a whirlwind. Monday morning I met with my supervisor Dr. Phil Seddon at 9 am. We talked about research a bit and what I needed to do to get...
Friday 25 May After a bit of tossing and turning all night, I finally got up at 8. I went to have my first official meal at Abbey. They have a cereal machine and...