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I miss waking up to these cheerful kākāriki chattering above my tent! They have a nest quite close by and I often use my tent as a hide to photograph them from, when I’m not sleeping off the long nights of seabird fieldwork! #birdventurenz #parrotsofinstagram #birdventure #birdsofinstagram #bird_brilliance #bird_captures #birds_adored #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #thebrillianceofbirds #poorknights #fieldwork #biologistlife #nikonnz #nikond500 #nzbirds #birdsofaotearoa #green https://www.instagram.com/p/B_f6q8rJR3B/?igshid=1od66l4ydfbx0

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2019.11.25 Chandelier in Kraków

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It’s easy to launch when there are winds racing up the cliffs! Just open your wings and go... Today I’m winging my way to the Chathams to help out with a seabird translocation project! I’m gone for around ten days, with no phone and no internet. Enjoy these beautiful light-mantled albatross while I’m gone. Enderby Island #birdventurenz #subantarctic #expeditionguide #newzealand #birdventure #aotearoa #newzealand #seabird #albatross #seabirdstory #seabirdbiologist #biologistlife #wildsouth #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #kings_birds #nzbirds #wildnz #subantarcticadventure #ocean #nikonnz #nikond500 #seabirdscience #wilderness #adventure #bird_lovers_daily #wanderwonder @nikonnz @heritageexpeditions #wildernessculture #conservationphotography #conservationphotographer https://www.instagram.com/p/B8R2ixFJOTF/?igshid=1jet742wr0v7g

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There’s a mixture of power and panic in the way penguins exit the water, launching themselves through the surface to land on kelp-cushioned rocks. Snares crested penguins, Northeast Island, Snares #birdventurenz #subantarctic #expeditionguide #newzealand #birdventure #aotearoa #newzealand #seabird #islandlife #seabirdstory #seabirdbiologist #biologistlife #wildsouth #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #kings_birds #nzbirds #wildnz #subantarcticadventure #ocean #nikonnz #nikond500 #seabirdscience #wilderness #adventure #bird_lovers_daily #wanderwonder #penguin #penguinsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MflVOpElh/?igshid=1vro8y9o80iyk

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I love the subtle iridescence that Auckland island shags have, which turns their black feathers blue and purple in some lights. ⠀ ⠀ Enderby Island⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #subantarctic #newzealand @heritage_expeditions #birdventure #aotearoa #newzealand #seabird #albatross #seabirdstory #seabirdbiologist #biologistlife #wildsouth #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #kings_birds #nzbirds #wildnz #subantarcticadventure #expeditionguide #wilderness #adventure #crackingshag #shagadelic #bird_lovers_daily #wanderwonder https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Ew33MJG4O/?igshid=13rrv0419tam0

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Southern royal albatrosses are like clouds that have decided to tuck themselves into the tussock, sheltered from the wind. ⠀ Campbell island ⠀ #birdventurenz #subantarctic #expeditionguide #newzealand #birdventure #aotearoa #newzealand #seabird #albatross #seabirdstory #seabirdbiologist #biologistlife #wildsouth #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #kings_birds #nzbirds #wildnz #subantarcticadventure #ocean #nikonnz #nikond500 #seabirdscience #wilderness #adventure #bird_lovers_daily #wanderwonder https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wshaXpeEH/?igshid=lijylto5m2nr

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It's not all albatrosses and penguins! New Zealand's subantarctic is also home to a few cracking shag species, each endemic to their island. These Campbell Island shags breed only there - and the Auckland and Bounty islands each have their own endemic shags. They build nest cups of mud, sticks, seaweed and guano (of course) to protect their chicks, tucking them along cliff edges - sometimes nicely sheltered by vegetation, other times exposed to the elements of the roaring forties. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #birdventurenz #subantarctic #newzealand @heritage_expeditions #birdventure #aotearoa #newzealand #seabird #albatross #seabirdstory #seabirdbiologist #biologistlife #wildsouth #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #kings_birds #nzbirds #wildnz #subantarcticadventure #expeditionguide #wilderness #adventure #crackingshag #shagadelic #bird_lovers_daily #wanderwonder https://www.instagram.com/p/B7eMGP5pdJW/?igshid=y9evvz7gupr2

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The subantarctic islands are the stronghold of our hoiho, but they’re still struggling. The changing climate is altering sea temperatures which is threatening many marine species with extinction as the food sources they rely on change - either moving out of reach of their foraging capabilities or changing the timing of their breeding cycles. Hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin, Enderby Island ⁠ #birdventurenz #subantarctic #expeditionguide #newzealand #birdventure #aotearoa #newzealand #seabird #penguin #penguinstagram #climatechange #endangeredspecies #seabirdstory #seabirdbiologist #biologistlife #wildsouth #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #kings_birds #nzbirds #wildnz #subantarcticadventure #ocean #nikonnz #nikond500 #seabirdscience #wilderness #adventure #bird_lovers_daily #wanderwonder https://www.instagram.com/p/B74UvbqJbcL/?igshid=k01ag5pkd5rv