Etosha National Park Trip!

Amy, Aryan and me at a waterhole in Halali

Etosha monologue

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All these photos were taken by Aryan Patel with his super fancy camera!!

Male Ostrich with some warthogs and wildebeests in the background

Western Cattle Egret (and wildebeest in the right corner)

Giraffe drinking with springbok in the background

Secretary bird (super endangered!) and African Black-backed Jackal (who looked like he had mange) with giraffes in the background

We weren't confident, probably a type of Goshawk?

Another elephant and two common marsh terrapins on the rock to the right

My FAVORITE bird in the world - Lilac Breasted Roller 😍

Bird species seen (34):

Western cattle egret

Egyptian geese

Black headed heron

Grey heron

Secretary bird

Ludwig bustard

Ganar goshawk

Ring necked dove

Northern black Korran

Red crested bustard

Black faced waxbill

Black cuckoo

Kori bustard

Blacksmith lapwing

Sociable weaver

Pied crow

Red billed teal

Little swift

Laughing dove

Helmeted guinea fowl

Common fiscal

Black winged kite

Ostrich

Western barn owl

Red billed spur fowl

African grey hornbill

Southern pale chanting goshawk

Blue crane

Lilac breasted roller

Black chested snake eagle

Swallow tailed bee eater

Fork tailed drongo

African red eyes bulbul

Marico flycatcher

Mammals/Reptile species seen (15):

Kudu

Springbok

Impala

Wildebeest

Warthog

Giraffe

Zebra

Black Rhino

Elephant

Mongoose

African blackback jackal

Common marsh terrapin

Tree squirrel

Damara dik dik

Steenbok

Swakopmund and (almost) heading home

Recaps of a 16 hour day doing the annual water hole count, heading to the coast (Swakopmund) and feeling very ready to head back home where showers are a stable temperature. Swakopmund and water hole counts0:00/1202.0266671× Please enjoy this mini photo dump:

All about cheetahs

Fun facts about cheetahs0:00/290.881× Here are some non-cheetah photos of other creatures I take care of around CCF.

Differences in Medicine

Another long monologue in which I talk about some of the more frustrating parts of my internship so far. I anticipated differences in medical tools, but not medical standard and it has weighed on me a lot during my last 5 weeks. I am still having an overall fantastic experience

A whirlwind retelling of the past few weeks

I'm warning y'all - this is a long one. Highlights include updates on my research study, surviving 10 days in the bush, and plans for my next month. I will be posting a video with a bunch of photos and clips from the trip (once I