Pika ID Sichuan
Hi all, photographed this pika in Yading National Park, Sichuan. It was foraging along a grassy slope near some forests, at above 3000m elevation. Was searching online and several
Guad Fur Seal and Baird’s Beaked Whale Update
Just a quick note on marine mammals off of California. Baird’s Beaked Whales were reported from a recent all-day pelagic trip out of Monterey. Good sources for these trips ar
Wolverine-Watching in Finland
Hi everyone, Here’s a very short report of my itch to see wolverines in Finland, end of Jul. 2021. Finland Tomer Cheers! Tomer
First post: a few mammals from Kyrgyzstan
Hello folks, I’m going to make this short for now, but I will write a more comprehensive trip report at some point in the future. I’ve just returned from a few months i
Kenya Trip Report
Hi all, I’ve uploaded a report from my very successful 3-week visit to Kenya in July: VS-Kenya-0721 This was an amazing trip, both in terms of the number and quality of spec
Ecuador Trip Report
I’ve uploaded a report for my very successful 2019 trip to Ecuador here https://www.mammalwatching.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EcuadorSanIsidroTiputini.pdf . I visited C
Searching for pictures of rarely photographed deer
Charles Smith-Jones asked me to post this request on his behalf … This is a difficult list: I haven’t seen any of these (and I haven’t even heard of a a couple
New Podcast Episode 9: Venkat and Hari Sankar
The 9th episode of our mammalwatching podcast is now online, featuring Californian mammalwatchers Venkat and Hari Sankar. Charles Foley and I talk about about Venkat’s journe
Taxonomy news
1. A proposal to split spotted skunks into 7 species (from current 4). The data might as well be interpreted to lump them into 3 or even 2 species, but looks like I’ve seen a
Sloth Bear & Grizzled Giant Squirrel, Cauvery WLS, Aug 2021
A brief visit to the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in early August was productive for 3 different, daytime (late evening and morning) sightings of Sloth Bear, all with cubs. It appear