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… Home again! It really felt like home as I entered the ger (a Mongolian yurt)… But I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t have mixed feelings about …
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We’re Back
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… We arrived back in camp this morning, and things look good. A rat (or something similar) has made a hole in the plastic box where we keep the food, …
Longtail Update
Longtail was shot in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Bayara, our Mongolia Country Director, went to the study site immediately upon learning of his death. She met with the herder, Octyaber, while he was being interviewed by police and learned the cat was killed while raiding the herder’s livestock corral. Octyaber could …
Pictures from Base Camp
Orjan’s not back at base camp yet, but he is preparing to return and should be there before the end of January. He recently sent us these photos: Friday, the base camp cat, loves to sit up on the gers, scouting the surroundings. The ibex …
Longtail Announcement
It is with heavy heart that we write to inform you that the snow leopard named Longtail (known as Bayartai in Mongolian), was killed by a herder defending his livestock. This has come as a terrible shock and our entire team is devoted to learning the details of this unfortanate event. Please understand that it …
Identifying Snow Leopards
Orjan’s not back at base camp yet, but he is preparing to return and should be there before the end of January. A little while ago, we asked him how he uses the trap cameras to ID individual cats: You asked earlier how we identify them. All the cats have a number of “high profile …
Last 2008 Update
Our team continues to watch the GPS data points from Longtail (aka Bayartai) and Aztai’s radio collars. The latest update reports that Bayartai has moved a bit farther west than he has ever been before; he’s about 34 km from camp. Now that Bayartai has moved to the west, Aztai continues to spend most of his time in …
Bayad Update
Thank you to those who asked “Where is Bayad now?” I thought I would post a reply for everyone to see. As you know, Bayad’s collar fell off earlier this year, which means we are no longer tracking her using this type of technology. The only way to follow her now is, well, with more …
Orjan on Break
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… Thanks for following Orjan’s adventures. If you saw this post a few days ago, we have a treat for you: Orjan sent a few last blog posts …
Last Day in Camp–Photos of Snow Leopards
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… We have built the winter camp, it looks pretty nice. Though it is a much smaller ger than the one I live in now and it is …