Hi everybody, sorry we’ve been offline lately. They installed a new internet system at the research centre, and we can’t post to the blog. Until they resolve this glitch, we’ll have to post when we can get an internet connection somewhere else. Sorry!
Some news: I’ve recently been setting up a bunch of camera traps for one of my projects. Camera traps are great for "catching" wildlife on film! For my research, I’m deploying them inside an experiment I’ve got. The experiment is designed to test the effects of tree density on wildlife, grasses, and the trees themselves. Why should we care about tree density? Well, overgrazing (usually by cattle) tends to "make trees" — that is, overgrazed areas tend to get taken over by trees, instead of grasses. This is a huge issue not just in Kenya, but in savannas and grasslands all over the world!
In any case, before putting out the camera traps in my experiment, I tested them out in a friend’s yard, since she said she was getting a lot of visitors. We saw an amazing number of different animals just outside her house. Here are a few of my favorites. Hopefully we’ll get some good ones in the experiment, too! (good data, that is, in addition to fun photos).
Enjoy!
-Corinna
A curious vervet monkey:
A hungry hyena:
An eland’s elegant leg:
Two dikdik reacting to something (what?):
Holy spines, a porcupine!
White-tailed mongoose stretching:
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Dec 30th Margaret K USD 17.25