The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!
The first trip report of the past week was of a Royle Safaris trip to Gabon last summer. With a total of 33 species, some highlights were Western Gorillas, Red-capped Mangabeys, and Black Colobus Monkeys.
Next is Tom Terleph’s long weekend trip to California during which they saw Northern Elephant Seals, San Juaquin Kit Fox, an American Badger and a few other cool species.
And the third and final trip report was John Rogers trip to Bolivia with Nick’s Adventures back in October, some highlights of which were the Bolivian River Dolphin, Brown Four-eyed Opossum, Long-tailed Porcupine and some great primates like Goeldi’s Monkey and Azara’s Night Monkey.
Quite a lot of upcoming trips have been advertised this week – the mammalwatchers must be coming out of their winter hibernation. What a shame.
Alex Meyer wants to get a group of about a dozen people to the Azores this July for some prime cetacean watching (which I can attest to). There are 3 spaces left so send an email if you’re interested 🐋
Another cetacean trip needs a couple more members, this time in the Gulf of Thailand – organised by Jirayu Ekkul’s Wild Encounter Thailand. Check out this post!
Chalo South America are heading to the Pantanal in October, looking for Jaguars, Giant Armadillos and Maned Wolves.
Finally, the original member of the Lonely Hearts Club, Jon Hall, is wondering if anyone would like to join him in the DRC next year in search of Bonobos, Giant Pangolins and Black-crested Mangabey with Middle Africa.
If none of these tickle your fancy (wise) but the idea of some mammal trip still does (unwise), then check out the join a trip page. I would personally recommend the one to Antarctica, as I (wise) will be attending, as will my father (unwise).
A new episode of the Mammalwatching Podcast is here! An interview with Sid Francis, a mammal guide living in Sichuan, apparently involves some birder slander so is worth a listen just for that in my opinion.
Jacob Zinn will be attending the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) conference in Baltimore this coming week and is wondering if anyone else will be there – and if anyone has some recommendations for mammalwatching in the area!
Someone is creating a new online platform called Alba, aiming to connect wildlife enthusiasts such as you and I (well just you, actually) with experts and scientists, and they would love any input on what you’d like such a site to include!
In this week’s advice section, some mysterious bats seen in a Mexican Mayan ruin is in need of identification, and Pamela travelling to Northeast India would love some advice on where to find certain species (see the post for the full list).
Finally, check out this review of Carlos Bocos and James Lowen’s The Mammals of Iberia, a great new field guide.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: American Badger – Tom Terleph
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