Monthly Archives: June 2013

Beijing…Oh wow.  Upon arriving via night train, we traveled to the Forbidden City, which is across from Tiananmen Square.  It was hard to judge how much time we would need because we didn’t know how big it was.  As it … Continue reading →

Time to wrap it up!  We had three very successful and productive days back in the Hangzhou museum before the weekend.  We are all very confident that our projects are heading in a publication-worthy direction (with some time).  Devra and … Continue reading →

6/17/13 — Our third and last day of field work. First we went to the local museum in Jinyun and met with the director, who showed us some eggs they had found, as well as an Ankylosaur pelvis. The director … Continue reading →

The second day of real field work started off sunny and humid. Seems like the rainy weather has passed for now. At the first site, both Dan and Devra found eggshell, but alas, no eggs were found. The eggshell was … Continue reading →

The third day of the field trip: sun, finally! We packed up our day packs and headed out into the field. It was muggy and the day just got hotter and hotter. It was also Nick’s first field experience, which … Continue reading →

 The next day also brought rain. After breakfast we returned to the museum and were able to measure the eggs in the exhibit, which included individual eggs for Nick and Ethan and a clutch for Coralyn and Devra. After the … Continue reading →

 Our field trip started off to a dismal start. It was raining as we pulled into Tiantai after a three-hour or so hour drive from Hangzhou. The ride was uneventful, most of us slept for the majority of the time. … Continue reading →

Due to the Dragon Boat Festival taking place beginning today, we worked both Saturday and Sunday in the ZMNH museum so as not to waste precious time with the specimens. However, once work was completed on Sunday, we got to … Continue reading →

Ni Hao everyone! This is Hannah Wilson, taking over the blog from the 2013 IRES China trip egg-heads. I was a member of the 2012 trip group, and this is my third time visiting Hangzhou and the Zhejiang museum since … Continue reading →

After a long flight from Bozeman to Denver to Los Angeles to Shanghai, we finally reached our destination: China. We stayed in Shanghai for three days of sightseeing (a highlight of which was a visit to the Jade Buddha Temple) … Continue reading →