A Cold Sendoff to Gengda

A Cold Sendoff to Gengda

As we packed Meghan into her Uber lift for the airport, the 24 degree F. chill began to give way to a light dusting of snow over our Portland, Oregon driveway. However cold it might feel to her now, I fear that she will be frozen to the core when she reaches the...
Panda-Monium 2017

Panda-Monium 2017

This years Panda-Monium event is being held in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 17th-19th. Given that PDXWildlife is in the Panda business, and this event brings together panda enthusiasts, we are more than thrilled to participate. What we are most excited about is to put...
Collecting Urine Samples

Collecting Urine Samples

In preparation for going to the Wolong Panda Base in a few days to start a new study on panda reintroductions, I have been tasked with collecting urine samples from some of the pandas here at Bifengxia. By January 8th, I need to have collected urine from one male and...
New Arrivals at Bifengxia

New Arrivals at Bifengxia

Over the last week we’ve had a few new arrivals here at Bifengxia. Two of these newly arrived pandas are Na Na and Zhang Ka. I was fortunate enough to complete stereotypic studies on both of these ladies on back-to-back days allowing me to get the scoop on these...
A PDXWildlife Family

A PDXWildlife Family

Even though I just returned from China, we are preparing to send Meghan off later this week. With reintroduction studies kicking into high gear in Gengda, we are both scrambling to prepare behavioral ethograms and camera equipment as this is new territory for our...