Long hours of waiting for a tawaki carrying a GPS logger and contemplating penguins and their researchers
November 13, 2014November 13, 2014
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Category: Field work
November 11, 2014November 11, 2014
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The last week begins
And so begins the last week of Tawaki filming. With a long, long drive from Dunedin to Haast. I actually made it to Haast in a bit over five hours only to find that I left the sunshine behind and dived head first into typical West Coast weather. I quickly checked into the Heritage Hotel,...
November 1, 2014November 1, 2014
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Lost in translation
After a night in an obscenely large unit of a motel in Invercargill – I had a two floor unit with four beds for myself (the requirement for each member of the film crew to have his own unit is something that never ceases to amaze me) – our troupe drove down to Bluff where...
October 27, 2014October 27, 2014
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Stage fright
Sitting on a desk all day is quite nice sometimes, but usually I prefer field work. A lot. And today was a prime example why that is so. For most of the day the weather was gorgeous. Hongo-san was back in business, the two Ida-san’s and Sam were back from filming Tawaki swimming in creeks....
October 24, 2014October 24, 2014
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… and back in Haast
Return to Haast for more tawaki fliming with the Japanese crew.
October 15, 2014October 15, 2014
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Going home (for now)
A day with little about penguins and a lot of house cleaning followed by a long drive back to Dunedin.
October 14, 2014October 14, 2014
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Perfect conclusion
In which we're getting our last logger bird back and conclude this year's field work.
October 13, 2014October 13, 2014
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Stalker
We finally figure out how to outwit the penguins (and not vice versa) and get a logger back.
October 12, 2014October 12, 2014
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Well played, penguin. Well played.
Let me spell it out. This was the most frustrating day of all! A logger bird returned, unfortunately in too many ways. Because first it returned to Jackson Head, but then it spotted me – or rather my head poking out from behind a rock – and then it decided to return to the ocean....
October 11, 2014October 11, 2014
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And now for something completely similar
Nothing happened, just like yesterday. Another day out on the rocks, waiting and looking for any sign of logger birds. We have now shifted our focus on the creek beach access where we expect our last two logger birds to return at some stage. I am starting to give up hope that we will see...