The Sciences
Bush-crow diaries: Reflecting on Ethiopia
Having now returned and back into the busy schedule of postgraduate life and the write-up, I would be lying to say that daydreams of Ethiopia skies haven’t been regularly crossing my mind...
Stories by Samuel Jones
Evolution
Bush-crow diaries - Sights and sounds of the bush
The African Bush is generally, at least in comparison to some of the world’s tropical forests that I have worked in, a slightly more visual environment than an audible environment.
Evolution
Bush-crow diaries: The African night
Finding colour-marked bush-crows and then racking up hours of observations is gruelling work under a full day of the African sun, particularly now that the ‘rainy’ season has subsided.
Sustainability
Bush-crow diaries: Settling in with the Borana
As time goes on and as I had expected might be the case, the Bush-crows continue to surprise and perplex me both in their character and peculiarity. This is hardly surprising, however, considering the historic and still very current confusions surrounding the species...
Evolution
Bush-crow diaries: Up close and personal with the qaqa
Helped by the excellent staff of the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society my stay in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, was relatively brief whilst formalising research visas.
Sustainability
Bush-crow diaries: The mystery of the Abyssinian Pie
Located in the Tropic of Cancer, Ethiopia sits as a huge corner stone in the Horn of Africa, the easternmost projection of the continent. In this, the historic land of the Berbers, Ethiopia is renowned for its independence and depth of culture, the only African nation (at the time Abyssinia) alongside Liberia to retain national sovereignty during the ‘Scramble for Africa’...
