This is one of two biodiversity posters I made on the Taiari River Catchment, commissioned by Taieri Wai. These are going out to local schools, farmers, and landowners for free so they can learn about the wildlife around them! #biodiversity #sciart #nzart #herps #birdart #reptile #botany #maps

On the bird mugs I painted te korowai o Mihiwaka, the cloak/forest of the Orokonui Valley which is where these native birds live. #orokonui #aotearoa #birdart #sciart #mug #handmade

Playing with a sgraffito style using one of my current favorite subjects, an Australian gannet! I love eating off handmade plates and especially so when they gave birds on them.🪶 #birdart #birdsofbluesky #art #ceramics #sgraffito #gannet

Here I've painted the rare plants of Central Otago saline habitats. These plants have adapted to these harsh soils, high heat, and cold winters. They support hundreds of smaller animals like moths and butterflies, beetles and skinks. #aotearoa #NewZealand #sciart #herps #plantsky #bugsky

Still enjoying my memories of seeing the Australasian gannet colony at Muriwai in Aotearoa New Zealand. They certainly don't need humans making things harder for them though hunting while avian flu threatens them. #Gannet #birdsofbluesky #SciArt #Birds #charcoal #drawing #BirdArt #AvianAugust2026

Inspector Gannet making sure this stoat trap is set and baited to protect the colony from invasive ferrets, weasels, and stoats. #gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation

#gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation

#gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation

#gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation

The gannet colony at Muriwai is full of very photogenic birds :) #gannet #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #NewZealand #Aotearoa #seabirds #birdsofbluesky #photography #ocean #conservation

#Orokonui snow day! Here's are our #takahē #whanau. Mom and her year old juveniles dote on one of 2 new chicks hatched only a few weeks ago. The juvs adore their baby siblings and enjoy feeding them grass and worms. The other chick is staying cozy in the tussocks with dad. #birds #NewZealand #nature

#Snow day at #Orokonui Ecosanctuary! When the cold set in, this group of young #kākā gathered together to snack and have a chat at the viewing platform. #bird #conservation #parrot #wildlife #birding #Aotearoa #NewZealand #NZbirds #animals #Dunedin #endangeredspecies

Otago green skinks in #Aotearoa #NZ appear to have close family ties for the first 3-4 years of life! Here are two baby #skinks with their older sibling who's probably 2.5-3 years old. #lizard #reptiles #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #Orokonui #conservation #wildlife #animals #NewZealand

#PNW #wasps #naturephotography #insects #flowers #nature #wildlifephotography #bugs

Korimako are a type of honeyeater endemic to #Aotearoa #NewZealand. Every spring when the kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata) blooms I see korimako with faces covered in the worlds only plant-kingdom's only bright blue pollen! #nature #birding #birds #nzbirds #birdsofbluesky #conservation #flowers

Waimarie is one of 8 takahē living at #Orokonui Ecosanctuary, an one of only ~600 of her species! Takahē numbers plummeted to near-extinction in the South Island of #NZ in the 1940s. Large-scale invasive mammal trapping and predator-resistant fences are helping to bring them back! #birding #wildlife

Snack time #Orokonui #habitatrestoration #conservation #Aotearoa #NewZealand #photography‪ #birding #nzbirds #nature #kaka

Birds are pretty cool too #Orokonui #Aotearoa #NewZealand #photography‪ #birding #nzbirds #nature #tui

I just these these little guys are so neat. Check out how their eyes look open, even when they are closed due to some special eyelid scale trickery! #photography #herpetology #Orokonui #Nature #Aotearoa #NewZealand #lizard #ecology

A sort video of those two in action. Your can see the male flicking his tongue - this can be a way to cool down in the heat, but is also a way to smell his mate's pheromones *mlem*. I have been watching these two for 3 summers and they have been amazing parents together. #Orokonui #herpetology #cute

It's spring time in #Orokonui Ecosanctuary, and that means my favorite bonded pair of Otago green skinks are active again! Going on 9 years old, the female (green nose) has had a litter of two skinklets (not the technical term) with her long-term mate. #photography #herpetology #NewZealand #Science

#art #digitalart #waterfall #landscapepainting

Painting and inspiration #art #landscapepainting #forest #natureart

I've been super inspired by the glowy and colorful forest paintings by @mk-howling.bsky.social. I have a lot to practice and learn! #art #landscapeart #painting #digitalart #krita

I'm trying out a digital stippling technique for botanical illustrations using one of my favorite PNW wildflowers, the understated and charming Pacific starflower (Lysimachia latifolia). #botanicalillustration #SciArt #scienceillustration #natureart #flower #PNW #wildflowers #botanicalart

While looking for #tīeke at #OrokonuiEcosanctuary, I saw many other inhabitants lucky to reside inside the protection of the mammal-resistant fence🪶. Here, a tauhou or silvereye was prying away the strippy bark of a kanuka, plucking insects hiding underneath. #Aotearoa #NewZealand #SciArt #birding

Yesterday I participated in a sanctuary-side survey for the recently released #tīeke at #OrokonuiEcosanctuary. We use a playback technique to draw in #birds to take note of their colored leg-bands. A curious miromiro also came by, wondering what the ruckus was about. #Aotearoa #NewZealand #SciArt

More pieces from my workshops on botanical and natural science illustration techniques. All drawn from life and accurate to scale 1:1. A Fuchsia flower in colored pencil, a river stone in watercolor, and a feather🪶 in watercolor. #botanicalart #SciArt #scientificillustration #art #coloredpencil

When takahē were discovered not to be extinct, conservationists had to learn to save them without much available information about their ecology. This illustration represents when alpine tussock grasslands were thought to be their preferred habitat. #Aotearoa #NewZealand #SciArt #Birds #digitalart

While visiting the aviary in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens a curious lori tried to taste my camera. Lorikeets have one of the strangest tongues in the bird world, with a brush like-tip that gathers pollen and nectar efficiently! #birding #birdart #anatomy #study #sciart #scientificillustration