Gorilla Sound

Sorry for the lack of blog posts over the past few weeks. The satellite internet connection didn’t work for awhile but is now back online.
October is not a great month. It’s the rainy season so it rains nearly every day. If it rains during the night the gorillas will all be up in the trees [...]

I’ve spent the past two days following Kusu and Ekendi. Although close together in age, these two gorillas have very different behaviours. Kusu is more independent and will spend a lot of time just hanging out close to Kingo, while Ekendi will often spend a long part of the day close by Mekome.
Following the juveniles [...]

The other day was Emilie’s turn. Following her is not always easy and never relaxing! She walks incessantly, moving so rapidly from one spot to the next that if you are not always ready to run you could easy lose her. Anyway, we were following her among the rest of the group, who was sleeping, [...]

Kingo’s home range is on the other side of the Mondika river to our camp. To cross the river we have a bridge. Over the actual river it is a proper bridge; planks on top of tree stumps, and over the swampy part of the river it is just long branches laid in parallel. With [...]

Roberta and I planned to do all day in the forest so we could catch up on an afternoon we had to miss due to bad weather. By the time we got to the gorillas it started to rain. All the gorillas were high up in a tree and although we could see Kingo we [...]

Another day in the forest, this time we decided to do all day in the forest. During the afternoon I was following Mekome with Dona, while Julia was with Kingo with the help of Bakanga. The group was traveling south, just toward the Mondika river. They arrived very close to the river and then Kingo [...]

I arrived in the Congo with two pieces of luggage. Actually I just arrived in the Congo as my luggage remained in Nairobi for a few days. Briefly, I saw all my luggage in Brazzaville. Then when I left to go to Mondika my second piece of luggage (a storage box with things like all [...]