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Greetings from Maun, Botswana!

By Addison Spitzer, UVM We have started to adapt to the easy-going lifestyle of those who live here. We have embodied the term: ka bonya, ka bonya (slowly, slowly). On September 19th at approximately 1:15 PM, we stepped foot onto…

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Species Account: Woodland Kingfisher

Written by Ben Borgmann-Winter (Middlebury College)   Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)   Botswana is home to a great diversity of Kingfishers—nine different species from two different families, according to Birds: The Inside Story, by Rael and Héléne Loon. Over our…

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Species Profile: Giraffe

Written by Harrison Buck (Westminster College)   Common Name: Southern giraffe Latin Name: Giraffa camelopardalis Setswana Name: Thutlwa (too-twa)   Giraffa camelopardalis, commonly known as the southern giraffe, is the tallest of all land mammals, with adult males able to…

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Journey to the End of the Setata Fence Line

By Tilly Ingall, University of Vermont Written February 24, 2017   Our second stint out in the bush has seen our full immersion into field research. While Hank and Ben continue their project, interviewing people within the Herero community, the…

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Beginnings of Research

Written by Stacie Wright (University of Vermont)   We’ve spent the last week in the bush in Sankuyo. Here we did some bird monitoring and practice herbivore drives. In the mornings we woke up around sunrise and left to do…