Welcome to the Tawaki Project, a long-term study of the marine ecology, breeding biology and population dynamics of the world's least known, most enigmatic penguin species... New Zealand's crested penguins - Tawaki.
Day 17 - Orde(al) Lees
On team takes a stroll to Mirounga Bay, the other dies a thousand deaths getting to and from Orde Lees...Read post...
Day 14 - Starlink drops, counts and loggers
Starlink proves a tad unreliable, but we get a few ground counts and logger deployments done...Read post...
Day 13 - Two team business
The south coast is conquered, drone missions are flown, and seabirds are counted...Read post...
Day 12 - Misty again
Mist in the way of drone surveys, so let's count birds on orthomosaics...Read post...
Day 11 - Welcome to the Antipodes...
The first attempt to reach the southern end of the island gets lost in the mist...Read post...
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The Tawaki Project is supported by our fantastic patrons at patreon.com and is a collaboration of Global Penguin Society, Antarctic Research Trust, New Zealand Department of Conservation, and University of Otago