Hello everyone, Sorry for the long delay! I’ve been extremely busy and I haven’t really been spending very much time near my computer so I haven’t updated you in a while. Monday was my first real day out in the field and while I didn’t actually spend it working on my project it was an … More First day out in the field
My first gecko in the hand! Found by Kayla crawling on the wall in the library. After a brief chase behind a filing cabinet I managed to catch him and take a couple of pictures. It’s nice to finally catch, hold and admire a reptile here! I’ve seen exactly two other lizards but have yet … More Herpetofauna!
Hostage: one Suzuki from Nanyuki Ransom: The money we already paid So it turns out that our not being able to test drive the suzuki that we rented has really come back to bite us. We paid quite a large amount of money for the car above, and had it driven to us here at … More Ransom
I got up and out early this morning to go recover some small mammal traps with one of Mpala’s researchers Jake Goheen. I was awake at 5:30, before the sunrise, and wandering around in the cool pre-dawn african morning. I really love mornings here. It’s extremely clear and today at least was so bright I … More Rodent Trapping
I need to get another posting up quick to move my picture lower in the archive! Last night I decided to try out a new remote for my camera I got from my Aunt Laura a while back (thanks again!) The stars were absolutely gorgeous with the milky way lighting up the whole sky. … More Stars
Hello Everyone, Thanks for the birthday wishes. I really appreciate it. I can certainly say I’ve never had a birthday quite like this one. I had a very quiet birthday here around the ranch. I insisted that Kayla and Walker not make a big deal to everyone, seeing as I’d only known the other researchers … More 24
We made it to Mpala! Finally, after a week of scooting around, we made it to the Mpala Research Centre. We left Egerton University shortly after 8:00 (african time runs anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes behind – and actually potentially a whole lot more) so actually… 8:45. We were originally thinking we were going … More Mpala
First of all, sorry everyone for the long delay! From here on in I’ll have reliable internet but for the last few days I was stuck without. I know I left you on a “I’m sick in bed” note… I wish I could have told you I’m feeling better! I’m at Mpala now (healthy) and … More Egerton University
Here are a couple of pictures of our extremely comfortable hotel in Nairobi. We have three twin beds framed by gauzy white mesh, room service and an incessant hammering of nails directly next door, below and above us. You wouldn’t believe this nailing! We’ve decided the construction workers are none too apt as I’ve counted … More Nairobi Hotel
Made it! After the impossibly long flight from JFK to Dubai this little hop and a skip seemed no problem! (We traveled 11,147 km from JFK to Dubai – I forgot to put that in the last post). This leg was only about 5.5 or 6 hours which felt infinitely better. And! I started catching … More Nairobi
Colin Donihue 