Interesting afternoon and evening in camp. Teams went out and gathered physical data from over 600 ant lion burrows. Plots of the data look very interesting so we will be doing more work this afternoon. The burrows are pointed north at a statistically higher % than expectation. We will be gathering x,y coordinate data today from colonies to look at distribution patterns. Fun research but hard on the knees :)
last night's spotlighting was very successful. Night jars, Nyla, bushbuck, wildebeest, giraffe, Impala, a genet in a tree, and two servals walking. We still have not seen the usually zebra here which is a little concerning to the researchers. Mammal trapping is still slow but we did pick up 3 new species on a line near camp. We will let everyone identify them and release them tonight. Our attempt at dusting a mouse with fluorescing power and following it last night was a real success.
Dr. Sundermann started the group doing parasite work today. They are doing amazingly well for many first timers.
A group request was just voiced for a trip to town. Apparently candy and snack supplies are dangerously low :(. Never a good thing with this crew. We will head to town after presentations unless the impala drive happens today.
last night's spotlighting was very successful. Night jars, Nyla, bushbuck, wildebeest, giraffe, Impala, a genet in a tree, and two servals walking. We still have not seen the usually zebra here which is a little concerning to the researchers. Mammal trapping is still slow but we did pick up 3 new species on a line near camp. We will let everyone identify them and release them tonight. Our attempt at dusting a mouse with fluorescing power and following it last night was a real success.
Dr. Sundermann started the group doing parasite work today. They are doing amazingly well for many first timers.
A group request was just voiced for a trip to town. Apparently candy and snack supplies are dangerously low :(. Never a good thing with this crew. We will head to town after presentations unless the impala drive happens today.