I have one more morning of field work. I’m up pre-dawn to finish some plant water use measurements. It’s tiring, but beautiful work.
I finish up last minute tasks, packing. Arthur hangs out, communes with the lizards and hornbills, helps with some measurements and data entry, and figures out the design and construction of the banda and water supply.
We help construct mini-bomas for the hyena traps. Hang the aardwolf roadkill as bait. (The following night at 3am they catch one near the banda, we’re too tired and out of it to get out of bed to see it).
Take a drive around the station, stop at hippo pools, and spy some zebras on the plains.
Enjoy sundowners with a bunch of folks, walk back to the car in the dark, and, back at the station, have to be dropped right next the banda, as the eles are camped out next door.
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