March 31, 2014 By Emma Griggs (University of British Columbia ’18) This week, we crushed Sesfontein Conservancy! We started our game routes on March 24, and did our final game drive for Sesfontein on March 30. Our first campsite…
(photo by Jonny Miller) By Tyler Freitas (College of the Atlantic ’15) The Austral parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus) is within the Pstittacidae or true parrot family. All parrots have a few distinguishable features including a distinct curved beak, with the…
March 25, 2014 By Kim Oldenborg (Northland College ’16) Double rainbows, cheetahs, and meeting elusive lion researcher: what another adventurous week! We started off the week at our base camp, Wereldsend, where we had an usual amount of company….
(photo above: Wyatt and Sixteen with escort guides and villagers in Mababe) This season, we have a small volunteer crew in Botswana carrying out field work in the eastern reaches of the Okavango Delta. The team includes: Tom Jones, a…
By Molly Estabrook (University of Vermont ’15) In just over a week we have been very lucky so far in spotting six Black Rhinos on game counts and point counts! One of which was particularly exciting because the Rhino…