Who would've thought my first car would be any of the following - manual, a pick-up, or driver's side right?
After months of learning the region, sorting out an international drivers license (only to find out I don't actually need one), and a few driving lessons, I finally picked up my own personal vehicle today. Thanks to Mick Dalton and the Overberg Crane Group for generously donating the use of their bakkie (pick-up) to the project. I look forward to collaborating with you to help map the land-use patterns of the large threatened birds of the Overberg (namely the black harrier, blue crane, Denham's bustard, and karoo and black korhan).
Beyond becoming a master navigator, the past few months have been an epic scramble to photograph as many renosterveld remnants and species as possible while the veld is in full bloom. It has been a spectacular opportunity to witness the diversity of bulb plants that the renosterveld has to offer (it is the bulb capitol of the world, you know). To date I've taken over 3,000 photos and am back-logged a few hundred photos that I haven't even had a chance to edit yet, let alone share. My next major focus, as the flowering season slows, is to get these photos onto iSpot and into a format easily accessible to the public. So keep watching your emails and I'll send out another update soon!
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