Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… Emma left today. This must be the emptiest day in the Gobi for me. We have built ten traps, put out a few cameras, checked some kill sites …
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Oyuna Crazy fires
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… If you come to Mongolia you will notice that no matter how cold it is outside it will be very, very warm inside the gers. And warmest of …
Cubs Have Been Spotted!
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… Two days ago, Bo and I went with Miji to visit a family whose livestock had been raided by a female snow leopard with two cubs. This was the first …
Tsagaan Re-collared
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… As mentioned a few days ago on this blog, we re-collared Tsagaan a couple of days ago. It feels really, really great! Here are some more details: After …
Tsagaan On Air
Great news–as we said earlier, we were having trouble getting uplinks from Tsagaan’s collar. Orjan was able to catch up with Tsagaan again and switch out the collar.
The Ups and Downs
I thought this was interesting: Before they were able to fit Tsagaan with a GPS radio collar, our researchers spent about 20 days scouting this area, climbing up and down in the mountains to find the best sites. Then they deployed hidden cameras, checked them and collected them. Then they build traps, taking extra care to make sure …
Snow tracks, researchers and storms
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… I found a really fresh (3-6 hours) snow leopard track in the snow two weeks ago. I try to gather as much information about the animal as possible, …
Tsagaan is Snow Leopard aka “Bummer”
It’s official: Tsagaan, the snow leopard we fitted with a radio collar at the end of February, is indeed the cat formerly known as “Bummer.” Tsagaan was first called Bummer last year when, with the aid of hidden infrared trap cameras, researchers documented him sniffing around our study area. Orjan has also photographed another cat in the base …
How to Get a Girl (snow leopard)
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… After the hectic days in late March with snow leopards behind every rock and cords being chewed off [our equipment] and Tsagaan Sar holiday [New Year], we have had some …
The Death of Longtail: Official Report Available
Dear friends, the Snow Leopard Trust has completed an Official Report on the death of the snow leopard named Longtail. Click HERE to download this report. If you are just joining us: Longtail was a snow leopard that the Trust was studying in Mongolia. He was shot and killed on New Years Day, 2009, by a Mongolian …