So it looks like our wildlife permits have fallen through in Tanzania. :( So we are on to plan C. The good news is that we have a chance to collect data on another chimpanzee community here at Kibale...and it has 100 individuals. (Kanyanchu). I'm crossing my fingers for Ngogo, too, but not sure if we can get details sorted out in time. An amazing research assistant has joined the team to help out. His name is Timothy and in addition to having a Master's degree, he used to be a warden at Kibale and has done extensive work with surveys relating to conservation and community development. I am so happy to be working with him!
I leave for Nairobi on the 1st and will be in Kenya for just under two weeks. Then I'm back to Uganda. We'll wrap up data collection at Kibale, and then we are hoping to head back to Ngamba Island for a bit. I can't wait to see my friends there again!
Watched an egyptian mongoose stalking red tail monkeys. They were in a mixed group together with red colobus. Once they saw him/her, there was a cacophany of alarm calls, and he had to give up and just sulked off into the forest. Score monkeys!
More from Nairobi! Big hugs all around!
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