I'm finally back in the real world after six weeks in the middle of nowhere. Remote does not begin to describe the area I was in. I had a blast; the research went well, the people I was with were fun, and the area was stunning. I took over 2000 photos and I'll be uploading some of the good ones on my Flickr site as I get time (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jboyles/). I will add more details on the trip later, but as a quick rundown, I ticked off giraffes, white rhinos, yellow mongoose, black spitting cobras, African porcipines, polecats, bat-eared foxes, caracal, African wild cats, three new bat species and 84 species of new birds, among many others. I'll get pictures of those up as I can.
My time in Pretoria will be short, but busy. I'm giving the departmental seminar this Wednesday and I head out for a meeting next Monday. After that, I'll be back in town for one day before I head off to Ezemvelo Nature Preserve (http://www.ezemvelo.co.za/) for 3 weeks to start a project on elephant shrews and rock rats.
I'm sorry if I've been a little lax on responding to e-mails, my internet access was almost non-existant out there. I'll try to catch up with everyone in the next few days and hopefully I'll get Skype up and running this week.
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