Nergui, a female bustard we have been tracking since 2007, is the first of our tagged bustards to reach her wintering grounds in Central China this
Project News
News and announcements from the EBA
Editing On Bustard Documentary Is Complete
Editing of our documentary has been completed and DVDs with a 30-minute, Mongolian-language narration have been printed. We are now fundraising for distribution of the
It’s A Wrap!
The end of July brings the end of this year’s bustard field work and the filming of our bustard documentary. Natsag and Mimi will
Two New Bustards Join Our Team
We’ve custom-fit backpack transmitters for two new female bustards: Bosoo and Mendee. We’re looking forward to observing them on their fall migration.
Two Empty Leks
Leks are traditional areas Great Bustards visit each spring to display, mate, and nest. This summer we were unable to locate lekking bustards at
Career Counseling Session For Rural Youth
Our career counseling session for rural high school students was a hit, with over 60 students in attendance. Our team’s master’s students explained the
Team Member B. Dashnyam Defends Master’s Thesis!
B. Dashnyam, a team member since 2007, successfully defended his master’s thesis on Great Bustard diet and habitat preferences. Join us in congratulating Dashnyam!
Biodiversity Day And School Outreach
We’ve launched this summer’s series of programs for rural schoolchildren with a lesson by U. Tuvshin in honor of International Day for Biological Diversity, followed
Action! Documentary Filming Begins
This year we are partnering with D. Sumkhuu, director of the Scientific and Environmental Cinematographic Society of Mongolia to create a short documentary on
Bustard Lek Confirmed
On the road to our field site this summer, we were able to confirm the existence of a bustard lek (breeding site) we had