Why I don’t post more pictures
What is the first thing someone does when they are experiencing wildlife up close, seeing an animal they have never seen before or are really excited to see? What is the first thing that...
Category: wildlife
Breeding season
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...
Parents Visit NZ Part 2
Nugget Point, The Catlins, NZ Day 5- 9 Feb 2019 Saturday After we spent the morning at the Dunedin Farmer’s Market (bacon butties for the win!) and annual Thieves Market (new hats for Mom...
Parents Visit NZ
My parents have arrived in Dunedin, NZ! They traveled from Boston all the way to visit me, a feat that I am beyond happy they accomplished. It has been 9-almost-10 months since I have...
Little Blues
This past weekend I was lucky enough to go on an adventure with some good friends from Abbey College. It all started around 6 pm. The wind was howling, the sky turned a dark...
Fieldwork week 1 day 4
Location: Nugget Point, Catlins Date: 10/18/2018 Exhaustion took over so blog posts have been stalled for a few days. But back to it! Our 4th day (Thursday) started with a quick breakfast. We we...
Fieldwork week 1 day 3
Location: Owaka Head and Jack’s Bay, Catlins Date: 10/17/2018 Cereal and tea for breakfast. We left the accommodations at 8:45 and traveled by two yutes (trucks) near to the site from the day before,...
Fieldwork trip 1 day 1
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...
The Duck Conundrum
I was spending time with my ducks in the Dunedin Botanical Garden the other afternoon (along with some hungry pigeons, red-billed gulls, and chaffinches), and I finally decided to answer the question that has...