by Meg | Nov 26, 2016 | PDXWildlife |
As I board another long distance flight to Chengdu, I am pleased by the fact that I am embarking into new territory for PDXWildlife. For this is our first foray into collecting data during the holiday season. Over the last four years, we simply didn’t need to...
by Meg | Jun 17, 2016 | PDXWildlife |
PDXWildlife has hit a significant speed bump. As you might have seen in previous posts, we had to end our Dujiangyan trip suddenly. This was due to the fact that the resources available to analyze panda feces was insufficient and immediately caused a backlog in our...
by Meg | Jun 10, 2016 | PDXWildlife
The weather is absolutely perfect here at Bifengxia. It’s about 75 degrees, the humidity is low, and the sky is clear from the previous nights rain. The cicadas haven’t shown up just yet, so the ambient sounds outside are filled with panda bleats and...
by Meg | Jun 10, 2016 | Panda
We returned to Bifengxia this afternoon and nothing says “welcome home” quite like a dozen curious panda faces all fixated on your presence. It might have been that I was sampling their bamboo right outside of their cages at feeding time, but I’d...
by Meg | Jun 9, 2016 | PDXWildlife |
Never did I imagine myself saying this, but I miss our little slice of heaven back in Ya’an. Even though we are near the CCRCGP Dujiangyan Base, we are a considerable ways away from the city center- 30 minutes to be exact. Staying in downtown would cost an arm...
