Motuihe
I spent last weekend on Motuihe looking for penguins. Because my own fieldwork isn't tiring enough, obviously. The great thing about helping out with other people's fieldwork is there's no…
Levitating fantails
The last three weeks weeks have been hectic and I've only just realised that I hadn't written a blog for today. So here's two photos I took this morning! Fantails…
The Ethics of Wildlife Photography
This week BirdsNZ - the Ornithological Society of New Zealand - released a set of guidelines for bird photography. It's a really good document that covers the welfare of both…
Smartphone Photography
I've been taking a lot of photos with my phone this year. Partly because the quality of images out of an iPhone 5 vastly surpass that of the 4, and…
Tawharanui – take two!
Our last trip to Tawharanui wasn't too successful in finding any Grey-faced petrels. Which is not surprising, given that it was the middle of the pre-breeding exodus, when all the…
Pest Free Kaipatiki – First steps
Predator Free 2050 is a big goal for New Zealand. How do we get rid of the worst introduced pests at a national scale? Pest eradication on isolated islands is…
More Albatross
Today's post is just a bunch more photos from my trip with Monarch Wildlife Cruises, because everyone needs a weekly dose of seabirds! Also because I'm quite busy at the…
Tawharanui
A few weekends ago I went up to Tawharanui Open Sanctuary for the evening to help out with some Grey-faced petrel banding. It was something I'd been trying to do…
Piece by piece
Remember the Wave? One of the risks of visiting wild places is putting your camera gear (and yourself, more importantly) in the way of unexpected events that can sometimes prove…
Mōhua
I think every conference I attend from now on will be a bit of a let-down compared to the BirdsNZ conference this year. After a weekend of great talks, we…
The best thing to do in Dunedin
Without question, is a cruise with Monarch Wildlife Cruises. Dunedin has a lot going for it (and I'm seriously considering moving there in future...), but if you're like me and…
A week down south – Dunedin and Te Anau
I packed so much into the last week or so that it felt like much longer! A long-planned reunion in Dunedin combined with the BirdsNZ conference in Te Anau made…
Let it happen
Back to photography, since my more recent posts have largely been about my research. Striking the right balance is hard, but I have been trying to take more photos recently.…
The Goat Island Trip
I said last week that I don't have any hands free to take photos when I'm doing my fieldwork, which is largely true. It doesn't mean that I'm not going…
My fieldwork in photos
Doing fieldwork for my research is when I'm happiest. I'm an outdoors, physical person - I like to be doing things and interacting with the world. Collecting my own data is also…