Between an activity and other I still feeding my Camera Data Base with the partial results of last film rolls processed. The project uses a Data Base especially designed for camera traps by Mathias Tobler from Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program. What a wonderful tool! It takes a while to feed, but when it’s done, is possible to obtain easily from the same place all kind of capture frequency from each specie. Also, it prepare the data to run on statistical software as StimateS, Capture, Mark, etc. I want to share with you today some of the nicest photos from Ponte Branca that I was working today:

A giant-anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla).

It was quite a surprise! Giant-anteaters usually are more frequently founded on Cerrado and open areas, but we are with several records of the specie on our sampled Atlantic Forest fragments.

The azara’s agouti (Dasyprocta azarae).

As I write in the previous post: to promote predators conservation is vital to gather information on their prey. The azara’s agouti is another important felid prey on neotropics. At Pontal the specie was heavily hunted – and still been in some areas. Despite that, we are gathering good frequencies of capture.

A puma “posing” to a photo.

The SEE-U is definitely finished now with the departure of the TA Kaitlyn. Hope she arrive in safety at home. Thanks for everything Kaitlyn!!! As Chuck Palahniuk says: “Nothing is static…” and we at IPÊ are in another general meeting! I am counting the hours to come back home at Pontal and return to my normal activities! Need to confess that I am a little discouraged since one of my proposals submitted to an international organization – which I don’t want to cite the name by ethical reasons – was denied. This was a real important one… It’s a cruel world to beginners and with this one it sums 11 proposals denied since 2006. I am work hard on it and quite sure, which is confirmed by several researchers, on the quality of the project. Let’s see the next two that are to be evaluated. Despite some resources from the program, I need to raise funds to guarantee my own research line on small cats, but I am starting to really worry about it. Discouraging, really discouraging, but the show must go on and I will never quit.

I will travel tomorrow and am not sure if I will be able to post on Friday. As soon as I get access to internet again I will send news!

Cheers

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