We began the first phase in our Round River fieldwork with bird surveys of the lakes throughout the Chacabuco Valley. The bird surveys are an important part of our work here because it gives Conservacion Patagonica an idea of the…
Round River’s base camp, our home for the next 3 months.[/caption] February 24, 2013 Today is my 21st birthday, but the nearest bar is over 4 hours away. Even if I were to somehow get to this bar, the owner…
Our Abstract Wild by Mike Howe (Gustavus Adolphus College) *While Mike wrote this blog weeks ago, a busy schedule of early morning bird surveys, academics, and the occasional Patagonian cultural experience (all subjects of future blogs) has kept us from…
Our five students arrived in Maun on Monday afternoon. We’ve spent the past two days covering orientation materials, meeting researchers and collaborators, and learning about the history and culture of Botswana. Tomorrow morning we head out to our first field…
We have finally arrived at our main camp in the Chacabuco valley. The drive here took two days due to the red truck, affectionately named Clifford, overheating every so often and causing us to stop and wait for it to…