Thursday, July 30, 2015

"Being here"... finally!

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     Well, hey there fellow hyena enthusiasts! The name’s Jared. I’m one of the new research assistants for the next year and my home camp ...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

Time of Many Firsts

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Hello everyone! My name is Connie Rojas and I am the newest member of the Dr. Kay Holekamp laboratory! I will be starting my Ph. D in Integr...
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

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Thanks to you all! It is with enormous gratitude that I write this post, which we hope will be the last in our serie...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Joy of Normal

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Hadley here, back in camp! After eleven months away from Fisi Camp, I returned a few weeks ago, with tears of joy in my eyes (and let’s face...
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Monday, July 13, 2015

Postflood Day 15: New kitchen tent!

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Today is our final day of rebuilding! We got the kitchen tent back from the tailor in Talek, where it was repaired post-flood. This meant i...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Postflood Day 14: Nairobi trip returns!

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Rebuilding was starting to wind down today. We finished the odds and ends of wiring, did some organization, and got ready for Hadley and th...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Postflood Day 13: Set up solar power in solar tent

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We got the solar tent back from the tailor today, after he repaired the damages and rips caused by the flood. That meant we were able to fi...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Postflood Days 11 and 12: Splice and triage wires to personal tents

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Today, we began the enormous task of rewiring all the personal tents in camp. Each tent in camp has the luxury of having a small 12V light,...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Postflood Days 9 & 10: Darting challenges

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On these two days, we took a break from camp rebuilding to resume the important task of darting hyenas. We drove out to the Double Crossing...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Postflood Day 8: Resume obs!

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Today, we did a camp-wide trash, or “taka taka,” pickup. Doing so greatly lifted our spirits – it was very depressing to pass trees with pe...