My fieldwork
My field work, Serengeti Ndogo, Mount Meru, Arusha National Park, Tanzania, April 2013 for catching stonies… I place a simulated intruder, a stuffed decoy of a male stonechat, within a territory. Ann sets the trap which will immediately close when a bird sits on its perch. I also attach a caller to playback local song […]
Taita Hills
Home of butterflies, moths and macadamia… Taita Hills, Taveta, Kenya, April 2013 my precious Taita Team myself. Jack Gatu Kiiru. Lawrence Wagura. Ann Gathitu (from left to right) … Lawrence made our stay just perfect! He invited us to stay at his ‘nyumbani’. He is an incredible ‘encyclopedia of Nature’ – you can ask him […]
My day
sun.rain.sun.rain.sun.rain.sun.sun.sun… the season of the ‘looooong rains’ which describes the kind of rainfall – if it rains it rains cats and dogs… the Kinangop Plateau has an altitude of 2500m. the sun burns like hell… no shade nowhere. I could have known better already but right on my first day in the field I experienced […]
Kim Geraldine Mortega 