by Audrey Benedict | May 3, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #36: Crested Penguins (Royals and Snares) Crested penguins, every species, just make you smile—you can’t help yourself! The large and fascinating genus Eudyptes includes both crested and rock hopper penguins. The first two of my photos are of royal (crested)...
by Audrey Benedict | May 2, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #35: Yellow-eyed Penguins The yellow-eyed penguin is a New Zealand endemic and one of the rarest and most endangered species of penguin in the world. The Maori name for the yellow-eyed penguin is “hoiho,” which means “noise-maker.” This makes me...
by Audrey Benedict | May 1, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #34: Fascinating Tubenoses Seabirds live at the mercy of wind and wave, superbly adapted to thrive in one of the most demanding but productive environments on Earth—the ocean. For millions of years, the global ocean has served as “home away from home” for...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 30, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard # 33: Gray-headed & Southern Royal Albatrosses One of the highlights of hiking up through the grass tussocks on Campbell Island, was spotting a gray-headed albatross just settling into a mixed species colony near some southern royal albatrosses. With its...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 29, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #32: Albatrosses—Ocean Spirits I feel I have joined a higher order of mortal,having seen the albatross. Robert Cushman Murphy, author, Guide to Oceanic Birds, 1940 We spent six magical weeks aboard the Spirit of Enderby exploring the seemingly...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 28, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #31: Introducing the Galápagos of the Subantarctic To explore the magnificent ocean realm of New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands, we must leave typical cruise routes far behind us. In December of 2006, snug aboard our 48-passenger, ice-strengthened and...
