Portraits from Geelong
I stuffed quite a bit of photography into my brief time in Geelong - both during the conference and after it! A lot of what I've been doing this year…
AOC conference poster
The alternative title for this post is "Edin does the science". I've written a few posts about my Master's project over the course of this year which you can read…
Flesh-footed shearwaters
Although my research is focused on Grey-faced petrels, I've got to know the other seabird inhabitants of the Hauraki Gulf quite well this year. These sleek birds - Flesh-footed shearwaters…
November
It's been busy. I've been doing the last lot of fieldwork for my Master's thesis. It's extremely nocturnal. I went to the Australasian Ornithological Conference in Geelong. I don't have…
A chaos of wings and water
First you hear it. Like river rapids rushing over rocks, a frothing, hissing, bubbling sound that erupts out of nowhere. But there is no river, because you're out at sea,…
Snorkelling at Goat Island
It's another quick post from Edin, because damn am I all over the place right now! All going to plan I will return from the Australasian Ornithological Conference (and a…
NNST blogs – Burgess
Today's post is a bit of a cheat, because it's actually just a link to a blog I wrote for the Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust. I shared some photos…
Out on the water
In a word, my life at the moment is hectic. But I don't mind at all, because I thrive on action. And what's keeping me busy at the moment is…
Burrowscoping
Seabird science is glamorous. I spend a lot of time lying down, face-first in the mud, with my arm in a hole in the ground. Like so: At the moment,…
The Miracle Bird
On the 20th of September I had one of those moments. One of those moments of pure joy and excitement at seeing a new species of bird for the first…
Get distracted
Photography is about focus. I'm not apologising for that pun. Obviously images being sharp is a good start. But to get good, sharp images, it's also important to be concentrated…
Burgess impressions
A few weeks ago I was supremely fortunate to spend a few nights on Burgess Island in the Mokohinau group to help out with seabird research. We were thwarted by…
Thoughts on Birds in Flight
Can you tell this blog was written today, in a bit of a hurry? Usually I have a buffer of blog posts that are scheduled to run - at the…
Tools of the Trade
This year so far has been nothing short of amazing. My research takes me to wild and wonderful places on a regular basis - being a biologist definitely suits my…
Eastern Rockhopper penguins, Auckland Island
Choosing photos for competitions
The New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year competition closes this week. Which means for the past month, I've been trawling through my galleries from the past year and agonising.…