Jake Osborne

They Look Like Us is the personal blog & portfolio of Jake Osborne; a Department of Conservation Ranger based on Stewart Island / Rakiura, but working for a variety of DOC teams around Southland, New Zealand. Check out some of the recent posts or take a look at my latest creative projects. You can find me more actively on Twitter or Flickr.

From the Flickr Stream

Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni (Toroa / Antipodean Albatross)

From the Twitter Machine

Jake Osborne

Last week was the perfect time for a little winter trip over the Kepler Track - no crowds, just the right amount of… https://t.co/tMpqvc6KXP
Jun 24, 2019, 5:58 PM
Jake Osborne

RT @dznz: I've recently become obsessed by GLOBUG. I think they've been complicit in a terrible cruelty from the public for years. A thread.
Jun 10, 2019, 10:35 PM
Jake Osborne

RT @sarahhbickerton: Hey New Zealanders ... please take 30 seconds and add your name to the petition to have abortion in NZ removed from… https://t.co/TVmuXlXbFA
May 20, 2019, 10:32 PM

Welcome To The Colony

February 28, 2016 in Craft, Wood-burning

A gift for a scientist studying Mottled petrels (Pterodroma inexpectata) on Codfish Island / Whenua Hou. New visitors and volunteers on the island often ask what all the numbered burrows are about; and this sign serves to answer those questions. It also serves as a reminder for people to be careful as they walk the tracks through the many areas of Codfish Island / Whenua Hou that are colonised by seabirds. Wood-burning with an old soldering iron, on a round of Miro windfall. Based on a photo taken several months earlier.