by Meg | Mar 2, 2017 | Internship |
We’ve been busy with matings but it looks like we may get a little bit of a lull soon, fingers crossed we’ll have a little breathing time and maybe even get to take a full day off!! Until then, you guys can read up on our final intern introduction blog,...
by Meg | Feb 26, 2017 | Conservation, Internship, wildlife |
Breeding season has been weird so far this year. Just to give a quick update and comparison to other years, usually we have two – three “early” females from Feb 15th – March 1st which are great for training because we slowly ramp into the...
by Meg | Jan 20, 2017 | Internship, Science |
I have returned home safe and sound and Zachary David remained at Tiantai Shan to continue with our studies. Here’s what he has to say about our first camera trap set-up at Tiantai Shan: “After many setbacks and missteps, from Meg’s bag getting lost, to...
by Meg | Jan 12, 2017 | Internship |
In my last post, I discussed how maneuvering the pandas from different environments here at Bifengxia can have a direct effect on observed behaviors. This could be due to a number of factors, however, the first that comes to mind is being presented with new...
by Meg | Dec 21, 2016 | Internship
So the last couple of days have been absolutely insane but a common theme hidden within the craziness has been trees full of pandas. Yes you heard me correctly, trees overflowing with, more often than not, tiny little black and white fuzz balls. That’s because a...
by Meg | Dec 8, 2016 | Internship, Panda |
Stephanie Wong tells us about her first few days as a PDXWildlife panda intern- It’s been a week since I arrived to Ya’an and there hasn’t been a single boring day. I am busy learning all the research techniques and protocols, and navigating the panda base. I am...
