A mini-trip to Mono Lake and vicinity
Dear All, I’ll be guiding a mini-tour to Mono Lake/Yosemite area for three days/four nights starting either May 29 or May 30. The target species will be various endemic roden
Mongoose & Porcupines
A couple of recent blogs I’ve written that might be of interest: Island Mongoose: Researcher Buzz Hoagland has captured thousands of non-native mongooses in the Caribbean and
Canadian footprints in need of ID
Hi, a friend sent me these pictures of mammal tracks from Canada. The first images are from Saskatchewan, the second – in the snow on open tundra- from Churchill (there were
New trip report: South Africa
A list of species seen on a successful trip to to South Africa, 2015: Romain Bocquier, 12 days & 61 species including Aardvark, Aardwolf, Wild Dog, Honey Badger, South African
New trip report: Gujurat
Great new report from a Richard Webb-led, Wildwings tour to Gujurat: 12 days & 27 species including Striped Hyena, Asiatic Lion, Wolf and Desert Jird. jon
Another Western Sahara trip report
In March I got the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of many other mammal watchers and made a trip to Western Sahara. We didn’t do as well with spotlighting as lot of ot
Aplodontia rufa nigra
I checked the location for Point Arena mountain beaver (don’t remember who recommended it, but thanks!) at the end of Alder Creek Beach Rd. that branches of Hwy 1 just N of M
Top 10 Night Safaris
Here is a blog I wrote on night safaris. Keep in mind that my organization’s membership has all levels of nature skill and interest, so I tried to give a varied account. And
Macroscelides micus
For those interested in sengis, the 2014 paper describing Macroscelides micus is in open access. It has some useful discussion on sengi systematics. Note that IUCN still lists Mac