For the year of 1927, he took a sabbatical from the university to travel to New Zealand, Australia and Tasmania, primarily to study the tuatara. In 1935, he spent a summer with Howard K. Gloyd, travelling through the southwestern United States, writing a manual of the snakes of the US, which was completed by Gloyd after Blanchard's death.
In 1927, he took a sabbatical from his university to travel to New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania to study tuatara. In 1935, he spent a summer with Howard K. Gloyd, traveling through the southwestern United States, writing a manual of snakes for the US which was completed by Gloyd after Blanchard's death.