Sarah McComb-Turbitt

🎨 Wildlife Artist & Master Marine Biologist 🐧🐋
Signature Member of Artists for Conservation @NatureArtists
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[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

Both my worlds collided today! 🐧🎨
#artistsforconservation

@AugerMethe
@NatureArtists

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

The OSFN collection to date! We have 11 paintings completed, 2 more almost done, and hopefully 2 more to go to round out to 15 paintings this month - and we have now raised $557.12 in donations to conservation through the challenge 🎉 Who should we add?

https://t.co/kInt0c3iw7

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

Only FOUR paintings left in my collaboration with @WPCWild911 to paint 15 at-risk Canadian species, and we have raised over $2700 this year 🥳 Help me reach some #herpetology fans and find the last few paintings a good home

[The Seabird Group @TheSeabirdGroup]

In January, Sarah committed to a 31-day art challenge in collaboration with @WPCWild911 to paint as many at risk species as she could raising over $1365!

You can view the Wildlife Preservation Canada Collaboration gallery at https://t.co/jtJcGAQ6A3

#SeabirdShowOff

[The Seabird Group @TheSeabirdGroup]

In 2017, Sarah moved to Vancouver to research gentoo penguins!

This work granted the opportunity to camp beside the penguin colony in the Falkland Islands and experience the full range of animals that call the windy islands home.

#SeabirdShowOff

[The Seabird Group @TheSeabirdGroup]

After a short break, we are back with a new #SeabirdShowOff! 🌊👩‍🎨🌊

This month, we feature the fantastic artwork of Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT, Wildlife Artist & Master Marine Biologist

[Wildlife Preservation Canada @WPCWild911]

📣WPC is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with wildlife artist Sarah McComb-Turbitt!

[Wildlife Preservation Canada @WPCWild911]

Exciting progress is underway! Sarah McComb-Turbitt is hard at work creating beautiful paintings of endangered Canadian species🎨. With 3 paintings completed in 5 days, Sarah has showcased the Western painted turtle, blue racer and the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly.👏

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

@RTogunov @AugerMethe @NatureArtists @UBCoceans @ubcscience @UBCStatistics Thanks Ron!!!

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

Both my worlds collided today! 🐧🎨
#artistsforconservation

@AugerMethe
@NatureArtists

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

@ubcscience @AugerMethe @UBCoceans @MEPS_IR So excited!! 🎉🐧

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

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[UBC Science @ubcscience]

Dive, forage, love? Fitter penguins dive deeper.

“Diving deep takes time and energy, and it’s useful only if the #penguin can search and catch food at the bottom,” said Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé (@AugerMethe) of @UBCOceans.

@ArtistSarahMT via @MEPS_IR

https://t.co/dNAfe8xh4D

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

@MEPS_IR @AugerMethe @UBCoceans @UBCStatistics @ubcscience @SAERI_FI Very exciting!!

[Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) @MEPS_IR]

How can you reach food resources not accessible to others? For #GentooPenguins, elevated haemoglobin levels (i.e. higher aerobic capacity) are linked to more frequent deep dives & more time spent at the bottom searching for prey #FeatureArticle @AugerMethe
https://t.co/Mo6vz0gMod

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

@HelenWagnerUrpi Oof it's been years! I remember searching for a good one I'll see if I can find my code on a drive for you

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

1/4 #WSTC6 #PhysSesh2
KeyQ in #ecology -> how do individuals outperform other members of their species? 🧐

#Foraging success of #seabirds is dependent on their ability to #dive 🤿 / hold their breath 💨

👉Does the condition of oxygen stores affect individual diving efficiency?

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

@AliAbdaal For needing to paint, I listen to fantasy audiobooks! Time distortion and boom hours of progress

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

@ArtbyAndreaE Me tooooo 🐋

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

Now over 3K!!!

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

#SMM2022 Auction is about to pass 2K! Funds support small grants in aid of research for marine mammals 🐋🐬 @32auctions @marinemammalogy check out the amazing artwork!

[Sarah McComb-Turbitt @ArtistSarahMT]

https://t.co/0RsEYQhzIH

[Dr. Regina Guazzo @ReginaGuazzo]

As we kick off #SMM2022, I want to share a feeding humpback whale that I saw with @NEAQ last week. As a bioacoustian, I rarely get to see the animals I study, but being in the presence of these ocean giants was just what my soul needed 💙