The Tawaki Project - Antipodes-Bounty Expedition 2023/24 - 20 November 2023-2 February 2024

• Main Author: Thomas Mattern
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Behavioural ecology; Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology); Population ecology; Antipodes Islands; Bounty Islands; New Zealand; Penguins; Erect-crested penguin; Eastern Rockhopper penguins; subantarctic islands; Antipodes Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25412275.v1

The Tawaki Project returns to Antipodes Island in November 2023 for an extended stay until the end of January 2024 with a short visit to the Bounties on the way home. This provides the opportunity to conduct an extended GPS logger study on both Erect-crested and Eastern Rockhopper penguins during the chick-guard and crèching stage of breeding. Drone surveys are flown and satellite transmitters deployed on Erect-crested penguins to study the species pre-moult dispersal after the conclusion of the breeding season.