B. Dashnyam, a native of the northern Mongolian provincial capital Mörön, began working with our team in 2007 as an undergraduate assistant. He defended his undergraduate thesis on the Great Bustard and then completed master’s study on the Great Bustard supported by EBA, at the National University of Mongolia. As one of the few formally trained ornithologists in Mongolia, Dashnyam has continued his scientific career at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, and at the Environmental Department of a major mine in Mongolia.