Africa days

Not too much new to report for the past few days. We have seen a few more cheetahs, but no lions yet. Several people are trying to find them with no success… They must not want an audience right now and are in hiding in the tall grass.

Work setting up my project has been moving along with varying levels of success. We changed the plan with the cattle GPS collars a bit. We are now giving each herd 3 units, 2 to put on the cows and 1 for the herders to carry... and trying to see if the battery will last 2 days with a logging interval of 2 minutes instead of 30 seconds. I got the first set back last night. Good news-- the battery does last 2 days. The units that the herders carried worked great, the ones on the cows not so much. There must be interference from either the metal chains or the fact that the units are under their necks. So I am wondering now if it is even worth it to put units on the cows, or just have the herders carry them.

My car has a fuel leak and is at the workshop right now. Hoping it is fixed by tomorrow noon-ish. Until then, I am grounded. For now, here a just a couple photos.

I think this hyena has cataracts...

 And a little baby elephant