During this month of May, we received the visit of 4 students from AgroParisTech, members of the association "Sur les Traces de Darwin". They came to the Philippines to meet scientists, organizations and local experts who work for biodiversity conservation. Two of them were able to follow our team in the field, at our main study site, for a few days in order to document ABConservation’s efforts. They also had the chance to observe a Palawan calao (local name "talusi") as well as a group of mainats (local name "kyaw").
The field team began construction of an additional trap to increase our chances of launching the radio-tracking study soon. It has also moved one of the existing traps to another location, where it has observed recent signs of binturong activity.
This month, we also had work to do at our second study site. We purchased and received a new climbing rope, which the team on site needed. They proceeded to replace the batteries and memory cards in the camera traps, recovering data for the March-May period. 😁
Back at the office, data analysis continues. We took a first look at the data collected last month at the main study site and were delighted to find new images of binturong. In particular, the species was recorded on a tree where it had not been detected for some time and was also detected on another photo-trapping site for the first time.
