Fieldwork

A field notebook

Notes, places and photographs from the field – where the camera traps go up and the questions start.

Research locations

Where the work happens

Cape York, QLDCarrion and disease at the wild–domestic interfaceOngoing · Carcasses at the wild–domestic interface

Gallery

From the field

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Night-time camera-trap image of a large crocodile feeding on a carcass — A crocodile visits a carcass at night

Niraj kneeling to strap a camera trap to a tree in dense tropical woodland while a colleague looks up into the canopy — Setting a camera trap

Camera-trap image of dozens of kites landing around a carcass in open woodland — Kites converge on a carcass

A golden dingo standing alert in dry tropical woodland — Dingo in the woodland

Camera-trap image of kites feeding on a feral pig carcass in tropical woodland — Kites feeding on a carcass

A black-and-tan dingo standing on a red dirt road, looking straight at the camera — Dingo on a red-dirt track

Niraj holding a drone controller, leaning on a field vehicle in open woodland — Drone survey day

Two slender snakes raising their heads side by side above red earth — Two snakes on red earth

Niraj crouching on wet tidal flats behind a large sea turtle, with a helicopter parked behind him — Sea turtle on the tidal flats

Niraj smiling in a rainforest clearing with a small furry mammal perched on one shoulder — A curious visitor