Blue day
Blue sea, blue sky, mirroring each other. The sea is oily, but this is just a pretence of calm. Less than an hour ago, we leapt off Pokohinu - Burgess…
Little shearwaters
Last week I started work on another part of my PhD project - monitoring the breeding success of little shearwaters. These wee birds are very cryptic. Unlike fluttering shearwaters, we…
Geckos in the ceiling
This week I’m back in the field again - looking for little shearwaters! One of the highlights of working on the islands (apart from all the birds!) is the amazing…
A third bird
PhD's evolve a lot from their initial concept. I'm not even all the way through my first year and my project has grown and adjusted a huge amount. This is…