The Weekly Recap
Hi everyone, welcome back to the weekly recap.
The first of this week’s two trip reports was this combination of a couple Royle Safaris trips to Sichuan. They saw 47 mammal species total including Giant Pandas, Chinese Red Pandas, and the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey.
The other report is of this trip to Pico Island, Azores I went on with my dad this summer. He has very provokingly tried to claim this was my idea, but I’m sure all readers will believe I would do no such thing as to express interest in a mammal trip (even if the cetaceans were quite adorable). Preposterous! What he didn’t tell you about this trip was that the majority of the time spent on land he devoted to desperately trying – and failing – to beat my high score on a stupid iPhone game called Merge Fellas. He still sends me regular screenshots boasting of his “progress”. What he doesn’t know is I deleted it two weeks ago. 😈 (and he still hasn’t overtaken me…)
It was a very successful trip for whale watching though, with 12 species including Pygmy Sperm Whales, Cuvier’s and Sowerby’s Beaked Whales and Risso’s Dolphins!
As always there are many upcoming mammal trips for those foolish enough to join – this week’s additions are a Snow Leopard trip to India next February/March and trip to Bhutan or Mongolia or another destination in October. Don’t forget to check out the Join a Trip page for more ideas and see the end of this email for a list.
A new episode of the Mammalwatching Podcast is here, this time an interview with Rod Cassidy and his Sangha Lodge (rather than his Sundance Kid) in CAR. With a bat cave story bad enough to make me feel better about my personal experiences and tales of amazing mammal sightings, it is definitely worth a listen!
Coke Smith going on a mega Australian expedition next summer would like some advice on the Common Spotted Cuscus here (sadly not the kind you eat with tajine). Jelmer Vonk is asking about mammalwatching tips around Cape Town and Asanoth is wondering whether Thailand or Malaysia would be better for mammals in January. Finally, comment on this post if you know anything about small mammal trapping in Madagascar.
All the World’s Primates by Noel Rowe and Marc Myers is a great and useful book, full of even more information than a field guide. It is reviewed in that post in case you are interested!
Finally, this National Geographic article about human/chimp clashes in Uganda shows how bad the effects of habitat loss can be. It is a very interesting read if quite shocking in places.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: Grampus griseus: my (Katy’s) new spirit animal – Jon Hall
Upcoming trips:
Parent friendly safaris through Paraguay, with Karina and Andrey: various dates in 2024
Paraguayan Chaco (40% discount) with Karina and Andrey, September 2024
Wildlife Tracking in the Peruvian Amazon with Original Nature, September 2024
Tracking Sumatran Tigers and wild Orangutans with Original Nature, September 2024
Bolivia Cat Specialist Tour with Royle Safaris, October 2024
Cruising the Congo River with Chalo Africa, December 2024
Sichuan with Jon Hall, December 2024 – WAITLIST only
Thailand for Sun Bear with Jan Kelchtermans, new year period, 2024/25
Dzanga-Sangha NP (C.A.R) with Monkey Mad Matt, early 2025
Big India trip – various options to join with Therabu, early 2025
Eurasian Lynxes in Estonia with Starling Tours, Feb 22- March 1, 2025
Endemic Mammals of the Dominican Republic with Royle Safaris, Feb 24-28, 2025
Snow Leopards in Ladakh, with Martin Gotschling, Feb/March 2025
Ghana with Royle Safaris in March 2025
Far North Queensland (Australia) with Eyes on Wildlife, March 2025
Romania Mole-rat Extravangaza with Sakertours, April 2025
Cape York (Australia) with Eyes on Wildlife, June and November 2025
Brazil: Cerrado, Pantanal & Amazon with Miru Adventures, August 2025
Servals and Caracals in Tanzania with Cat Expeditions, November 2025
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