Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures…
Days in field: 67
weight loss: 5.5 kg
Beard length: 1.7 cm
Signs of madness: Have stopped talking to myself since I got company. Not evident at the moment, unless one counts carrying a small car battery up and down a mountain every fifth day.
Elin Gronberg arrived in camp two weeks ago. She is a Swedish student who will help us search kill sites and hopefully do some observations of the cats when they are at the kills. We have had some busy days since she arrived, I wanted to search all the old kill sites before we moved our camp. We almost made it, and we found 11 new carcasses. The new camp is located in the Northwest corner of the study area, we moved here a week ago. The surveillance system is up and running, and now we are waiting for something to happen.
The trap cameras that were deployed here this summer got pictures of some new cats, and one old: Shonkhor. His collar has stopped working and needs to be replaced. We have about 40 days to find all cats in the area, a little tight, but it might work. Well, as long as we get Shonkhor it will be OK.
Thanks for your work with these cats! Your hard work is followed, admired and supported by many of us around the world. Keep up the field updates. They are a bit of vicarious enjoyment and assurance that these leopards are doing okay.