Denali Road Lottery (private vehicles on main park road)
Alaska has great scenery but to see the most alpine animals, you might be better off with a combo trip to Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. Still, just as information, here&#
Botta’s Pocket Gopher site in Southern California
Interstate 5 connects San Francisco to L.A., so visiting naturalists may well end up on it. If so, one stop is worth noting. There’s a rest area in Lebec, an hour before Bake
Lesser Long-nosed Bat site in Arizona
Not that this is new news but to verify what has been indicated before, Lesser Long-nosed Bats are currently easy to see in Madera Canyon, Southeastern Arizona. (This is as of Augu
More K-Rats and Bats in California
Just a few more California notes. Another desert k-rat site: Jawbone Canyon, Kern County A week ago on a night of no moon I had 3 species of k-rat (Desert, Merriam’s, Panamint) a
New Marine Mammals Guide
A book that I got in US edition but I think also coming out in UK is titled “Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification (2nd ed).” This
new mammal finding guide coming for Australia
Out in December in UK, March of 2016 in US edition (which on Amazon will be about half the price it looks like) is “The Complete Guide to Finding Mammals in Australia”
brief report Pt. Reyes CA and Martinez CA
Very brief report: I was at Pt. Reyes Saturday night for a wedding, and did very brief spotlight loop around main Visitor Center and out to Limontour Road, both at 2300 hours. Too
Another Plug for “Peterson Field Guide to Finding Mammals”
Vladimir Dinets had a post a few weeks ago about his new book, “Field Guide to Finding Mammals in North America,” but it’s such a great work I want to push it one
Gray Fox in Southern Calif (second-hand report)
A foothill / desert habitat site an hour and half from LAX may be good for Gray Fox right now. Devils Punchbowl County Park ranges from 4,500 to 6,800 feet and features exposed san
Tibet trip list (Pallas’s Cat was highlight)
I was in China (Tibetan Plateau and environs) June 2014 with a UK bird tour. We did great on birds, okay on mammals — it just was NOT a mammal trip is the thing, so I missed