Tim Neary, a conservationist, broadcaster and videophotographer, took this superb photo of a very chilled brown hyena in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve. This picture increases my strong desire to start fieldwork. I am now jumping up and down with impatience.

Good morning, 

Just a short post to let you know that the Tswalu Brown Hyena Project now has a Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/TswaluBrownHyenaProject

Erwin & Coleen Niemand took a wonderful picture of a brown hyena again. This was taken in September 2011 in Rooiport Nature Reserve, one of the Diamond Route properties. 

© Erwin & Coleen Niemand

Brown hyenas are mostly nocturnal scavengers. This one is eating a red hartebeest (Acelpahus buselaphus) while several black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) hang around the carcass. 

This is very valuable information. Slowly we are building up the 21st century distribution map of the brown hyena, in Southern Africa. This sighting will be added to the MammalMAP database. Thanks Erwin & Coleen Niemand for your help!

To see more pictures of Erwin and Coleen Niemand, click on the links below: 

            Diamond Route Gallery                                              Erwin & Coleen Niemand's blog

Hi everyone, 

Erwin & Coleen Niemand are the official Diamond Route photographers. 

Erwin & Coleen Niemand are currently in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve. They went to the brown hyena den just before sunset; and at to their surprise, the brown hyenas were already waiting for them. Look at this wonderful young creature:

© Erwin & Coleen Niemand

The determination of den locations is great news! It substantially increases the probability of success of the coming captures. To know why and how we collar these animals, please read the page Why and how do we collar animals? 

Here, you can discover Erwin & Coleen Niemand's stunning pictures of all the species present on the Diamond Route properties:

                                                 Diamond Route Gallery                                    Erwin & Coleen Niemand's blog

I arrived on the 17th of March 2012 to start my PhD study. Here, two pictures of the stunning University campus:

© Elsa Bussière