United Kingdom

Nottingham • Leeds • Newcastle • Glasgow • Manchester • Birmingham • Oxford • Cambridge • Brighton • Southhampton • Bristol • London

ran into a familiar face 

Two weeks in the UK via Sprinter van.

mermaid's purses

Tolkien and the Inklings use to hang here

brighton

birmingham 

brighton

brighton

brighton

Mariana Islands

flame trees

puddle jumper between Saipan and Tinian 

bird island

atomic bomb cradles 

cave diving

remnants of WWII

suicide cliffs

I cannot believe how long it has taken me to post photos of Tinian and Saipan (of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). 

Kelly on Tinian 

Kelly and Justin: cliff dinner

Peter with transport cages

fly traps for bird food

Wild To Inspire

To The Explorers

An original piece created by Alex Goetz and Justin Grubb for the NatGeo "Wild to Inspire" short film competition. This piece is an ode to all the adventurers, explorers, and conservationists that dedicate everything they have to conservation and wildlife, and a "thank you" to those who inspire us to tell our stories. Directed, filmed and edited by Alex Goetz and Justin Grubb Original voice over written by Lucas Stall Produced by The Toledo Zoo and Aquarium Special Thanks to Pacific Bird Conservation and MAC Program, Save the Tasmanian Devil Program contact: alexmgoetz@gmail.com

EDIT: They won!
Justin Grubb was also kind enough to send me a screen grab of my mug when the video aired on television.

Bird Conservation

Mariana Islands

A brief visit from a micronesian honeyeater.  (It wasn't a target species so it was admired then quickly released.)

Hello, Tinian

UXO training - light reading

field base camp (photo by Fields of the Memphis Zoo)

cleaning and organizing transport cages (photo by Fields of the Memphis Zoo)

Kelly (bird curator at the Honolulu Zoo) and Peter (co-founder of Pacific Bird Conservation) set up mist nets

Reba and a collared kingfisher

forest reclaiming the runways

short flight from Saipan to Tinian (photo by Kelly of the Honolulu Zoo)

bird transportation

2015 target species: Tinian monarch and the bridled white-eye

releasing a rufous fantail (screenshot by Justin of the Toledo Zoo)

collared kingfisher and a juvenile micronesian honeyeater

Herb (co-founder of Pacific Bird Conservation) and Scott (curator of birds at Sedgwick County Zoo) extract birds from mist nets

Alaska

Cuss, It's Cold

Eagle River Valley

Eagle River Valley

Eagle River Valley

moose

musk ox | bantha

Whittier, Alaska

Chugach National Forest, a "sub-polar rain forest" - met a family of black bears

Beluga Point at Turnagain Arm with Jessie (we grew up together in Italy) - Beluga can be seen from July through August

Anchorage | king salmon - I'm engrossed by pretty much anything

Eklutna - fireweed honey ice cream

Eklutna Lake - Twin Peaks Trail

Folly Beach

Hydraulics & Blue Blood