by Audrey Benedict | Apr 27, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #30: Twilight at Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) Ancient Polynesians lacked compasses, writing and metal tools, but they were masters of sailing canoe technology and their navigational skills were unsurpassed. By about A.D. 1200, the prehistoric Polynesian’s...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 26, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #29: Rock-boring Sea Urchins (Easter Island, Chile) I benefitted from lessons learned growing up in a family of sharp-eyed observers of the natural world. One of the secrets to being a good naturalist, is to be a good observer—continually honing your ability...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 25, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #28 Rapa Nui Rock Art (Easter Island) Throughout Oceania, seabirds were seen as omens, messengers, mythical explorers, spirits of the gods, the dead, as well as a source of food. My silhouetted photo of a soaring great frigatebird, taken shortly after...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 24, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #27: Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) Looking down at tiny Easter Island, after a 5-hour jet flight from Chile across a sapphire-blue ocean, thoughts of Thor Heyerdahl’s pioneering expedition in 1947 aboard Kon-Tiki filled my mind. His extraordinary...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 22, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #26: The Galápagos Penguin My dear friend and colleague, Dr. Dee Boersma, has been at the forefront of Galápagos penguin research for more than 45 years. Her landmark book, Penguins: Natural History and Conservation, with co-editor Pablo Garcia Borboroglu,...
by Audrey Benedict | Apr 21, 2020 | ePostCards
ePostcard #25: Blue-footed Boobies (Galápagos) Blue-footed boobies live along the western coasts of Central and South America, from Mexico to Peru. The Galápagos Islands population includes about half of all breeding pairs of blue-footed boobies. These beautiful...
