So happy to be back in Kenya this week, but boy oh boy...this jet lag is killing me! I've got until Monday to kick the 12pm wake ups 😅

Happy New Year! I’ve just had an article published detailing my work in central Kenya, check it out: westernconfluence.org/barriers-to-...
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Finals week vibes 🥱

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“No worries, I should have it finished by December!”

December:

Prepping for my third field season in Kenya over these next few weeks! I'm curious to hear people's must-have fieldwork luxuries. For me, a jumbo bag of sour patch kids, pillowcase from home, and headphones for long drives in old LRs! What are yours? 🦊🧪

Officially making the switch over here. Hey y'all! I'm going to try to keep this updated with fieldwork shenanigans starting up again in January! This time, very hartebeest focused. Follow along if you, like me, worry about these strange and lovely antelope!

Missing the lions today (and every day if I'm being honest)! We found this young male mating with a lioness and we later recollared her to continue to monitor this northern pride's movements in @OlPejeta. I love the softness of his eyes😍🦊

Absolutely loving TrapTagger for photo processing!!! Checking through a few clusters of images, but 338,000+ images ID’d and sorted in less than a week 🤩

🚩🚩 Position 2/2: Program Manager for the SPEC Lab Ocelot Research Program. See shorturl.at/LMN57 to apply. Deadline is November 12. Five years of experience in related tasks is **required** for this pay scale as per A&M rules, so pls have this reflected in your CV 🚩🚩

Also please enjoy these baby yeens 🥰🧪

Going through pics from the summer for my proposal defense and had to share this eland bull who has definitely had his picture taken before😄🧪

Finishing up my dissertation proposal this weekend! So far I’ve done four loads of laundry, deep cleaned the kitchen and bathroom, and reorganized my closet 😅🧪

Spent some time with my favorite pride today! Love these beautiful young lions!! 🦁🥰🧪

It’s so nice when the study lions know how to pose! 😁🧪

Spent some time with a spottier cat yesterday!!!

Getting some fantastic photos from my camera traps so far! This black rhino mom and baby posed so nicely 🥰🧪

Downloading my first round of camera trap images!!! 🥳 Only had one camera post lifted by an elephant but luckily they got bored with it 100m away😅

I’m always team lioness, but this gorgeous male might’ve won me over for a morning 🤩

Hey y’all! Happy to connect on here! I’m a PhD student fascinated by all things carnivore ecology and human-wildlife coexistence. My research is in Laikipia, Kenya where I study lion-prey dynamics in relation to livestock management 🦁🦓🐮 Follow for lots of wildlife pictures and field updates!