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September 17, 2016September 17, 2016
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Day 1 – Empty Jackson Head

[vrview img=”http://www.tawaki-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20160917_360.jpg” width=”500″ height=”450″] We carried out nest searches and showed a camera team from NHNZ round Jackson Head. Nest numbers appear way down this year with lots of empty nests being guarded by one or two adults. It seems that many birds decided to give this season a miss and just hang out in...

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Tawaki Cam – Penguins On Air

Tawaki Cam - Penguins On Air. Help us to establish a live video stream to observe tawaki/Fiordland penguin in their rainforest habitat.

Going deep (or not)
April 24, 2016April 24, 2016
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Going deep (or not)

We finally have analysed last year's data and find remarkable differences between our study sites...

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016
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Yeti spotting

In which trail camera footage is shown that may be disturbing to some. Viewer discretion is advised.

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015
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Hard work

Time to have a look at some data and witness how hard the penguins work to find food

September 22, 2015September 22, 2015
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More loggers out

We deploy loggers on three brave tawaki females after we find that poor breeding is linked to food shortage