Busy

Much to my surprise we caught a genet yesterday. He was a youngster (1 yr old) and very, very cute. We met some men on the trail who asked us if they could kill the genet and eat him. It was very disconcerting. These are men who are hired by the park to keep the trails clear. We told them to beat it and luckily a park guard was nearby to keep them away from our furry friend.

We have had a very busy last few weeks. We deployed more camera traps in the middle of Nyungwe 2 days ago that resulted in an 8 hour day of hiking up and down mountains. Even Okan, who never gets tired (or so it seems), is ready for a break. We have now returned to Butare and I'm heading to Arusha for a conference tomorrow.

My friend Robin tooks some nice pics of us while we were baiting the traps the other day as well as some good pics of animals we saw along the way to deploy camera traps.

 We were baiting with hard boiled eggs

 I couldn't do all this work without Okan!

 Everest the guard came with us that day.

 Okan doesn't mind baiting, but he refuses to put out the lure (an oily smelly pungent liquid to attract animals to the trap. It takes FOREVER to get the smell off your hands!)

 Baboons on the road

 Very big worm found in the forest

 L'hoest monkey