by Meg | Feb 18, 2013 | Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Panda, wildlife
For Valentine’s Day the Oregon Zoo sent out a press release covering both my pygmy rabbit study and my new work with the pandas. I especially love the little graph they made up of my findings! -Meg
by Meg | Feb 13, 2013 | Panda, wildlife |
We had the first mating at the panda base this weekend (2/11-2/12). I figure that’s close enough to Valentines Day that I could write “Valentine’s Day” post about it! This particular mating was a special one for me as the female, Zhen Zhen,...
by Meg | Jan 10, 2013 | Misc., photography, Travel, wildlife
I thought it might be nice to share a few photos of the Avian variety taken on a trip to the wonderful SW United States. I will leave off the species so that everyone can have a chance to try and identify them on their own. -All Images Capture on My Canon 60D- One of...
by Meg | Jan 8, 2013 | Grass Roots Programs |
The Javan Primate Conservation Center- Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The gibbons and langurs have fantastic open-top enclosures! The keepers would create different forms of enrichment almost daily for all of the gibbons & langurs. Enrichment...
by Meg | Dec 3, 2012 | Internship, Misc.
Hello everyone! I am so happy to be a part of the PDXWildlife team (Thank You to Meg for the very nice introduction & write-up!) and I am so excited to be writing my very first blog post! I have just recently returned from Indonesia and have much to share with you...
by Meg | Nov 19, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel
If you’re interested in working on reproductive behavior in giant pandas or conservation biology in general and want a great opportunity – you’ve found it. I’m looking for two students to be at the CCRCGP during part of my stay and the rest of...
by Meg | Oct 3, 2012 | Internship, Panda
Starting on October 1 is an eight day holiday here in China, called National Day. From what I can gather everyone in China has this time off and travels. I believe that most of them have come to Bi Fengxia to see pandas. The bus ride up to base normally takes about 30...
by Meg | Sep 30, 2012 | Around PDX
We are so excited to welcome Jaima Smith as a staff scientist at PDXWildlife! She feels very passionately about conservation at both the local and global level. We’re hoping to help Jaima continue her research in Indonesia working on reintroduction programs,...
by Meg | Sep 8, 2012 | Internship, Panda, Travel
Arina transitioned me to China for about a week and we have been getting along great. She showed me around the base the second day I was here and the next day we transitioned the projects and performed a reliability test for the behavioral scoring. All behavior...
by Meg | Sep 5, 2012 | Science, wildlife
Today was a big day up at the base. Wu Jie (five years old) and Hu Bao (three years old) will be moving to Singapore for a nice ten year visit. The Singapore team has visited Ya’an five times over the past two years to get everything figured out for their two new...
