Up close with an albatross
Toroa / Campbell albatross It's no secret that I love albatrosses. Being at sea, watching them in their element is hands down one of my favourite things. Aotearoa is a…
Shooting stormies
I realised that the title could be a little misleading, or at least interpreted in different ways. I meant it in the sense that the white-faced storm petrels were like…
The rarest bird
I spent some time recently with Aotearoa New Zealand's rarest bird. Not the kākāpō. Not one of our kiwi species. Not the kakī. tara-iti, the New Zealand Fairy tern, is…
Snooze
I wish I could nap like a bird, head tucked back and cozy between wing feathers. tākapu - Australasian gannets are probably my most-photographed bird, but every trip to Muriwai…
Ōi
These are my birds. Grey-faced petrels have been my birds since my Master's project was decided on two years ago. I say my birds. I don't own them. I feel…
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…