Wow I’m getting lazy
about journaling. Settling into a rhythm here which feels really good but I’ve
been over-doing it. Been trying to get this elephant video done, start on
compilations, and keep up with my other transcriptions and chores. Barely had
to time to work out and shower! Yesterday felt sick half the day I think from
lack of sleep or something (started drinking choffee to get me going which was
probably a bad thing). But Julia suggested I sleep in today which I was
thinking about asking to do because I have never just had a sleep in day
that wasn’t a sleep in day for everyone else. I think I’m a bit of a
work-a-holic. I have a really hard time not working when I know that there are
things to be done. And this NSF application is hovering in the back of my mind.
Anyway- the migration is
here! We’ve seen two small crossings
already which were super exciting and herds of gnu and zebra are starting to fill
up the plains. Its weird seeing so many of them now just appearing out of nowhere!
Some of them have nice scars on their rear ends from encounters with the
crocodiles and each time we watched a baby zebra enter the water I would hold
my breath. Though I won’t lie, I would love to see a crocodile get something.
However-the crocodiles and the hyenas seem preferential to gnu. We’ve had three
gnu carcass sessions already. The sounds of gnu-ing and kwa-kwaing are filling
the air and becoming a constant background noise. It means the hyenas are out
and about quite a bit more and we’ve been getting a lot of really good data.
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