7th August 2008.

7th August 2008.

First we enjoyed a lovely breakfast at 8.00am. After breakfast we started our morning training on the hyena ecology and conservation. After breaking into three groups of four we moved to three different stations to learn skills that would aid us in performing our research during the next 10 days.
At one station we learned to judge distance and determine angles using compasses.
At a second station we were taught how to operate a GPS and plot points. At the third station we practised operating the hyena call-in system using speakers to project their shrieks.
Later Dougal spoke to us about reserve management. After the talk we all got to know each other better by playing ice-breaker games with Yoka.
At dinner we all geared up for our first night drive......