Western Sahara Trip Report; A Fisher in Massachusetts; and Mammals of Yasuni, Ecuador

A few articles and trip reports that might be of interest…

Western Sahara, 2014: Richard Webb, 9 days & 12 species including Sand Cat, Striped Polecat, Barbary Ground Squirrel and Fennec Fox.

Yasuni (Ecuador): Featured video – camera traps catch jaguars, anteaters, and a sloth eating clay in the Amazon rainforest
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0213-hance-yasuni-sloth-video.html#QfVR8y9IEM6EwOCT.99 Thanks to Fiona Reid for this.

And some unusual pictures of a Fisher on a beach at Monomoy NWR on Cape Code. Thanks to Mike Richardson for this. Has anyone else seen Fishers on a beach … they are high on my USA most wanted list.

I had a good trip to Nicaragua last weekend, with 34 species including Water Opossum and Southern Spotted Skunk. A trip report will follow soon

cheers

Jon