The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap! I apologise for the dry spell, I’ve been having a busy Christmas visiting my brother in Australia. Some mammalwatching may or may not have occurred, which thankfully may or may not have been counteracted by unknown concepts to readers I call “relaxing” and “beach”. A trip report is rumoured to be on its way – from my brother, that is. Not that I condone his behaviour.
Anyway, this recap will be of all posts up until Boxing Day and the next will contain the rest, so don’t panic if your posts aren’t in it this week:)
The first trip report was of Alex Sowers’ day spent in Oregon’s Pelagic Zone and the Central Cascades, some highlights of which were Fin Whale, Dall’s Porpoise, Northern Fur Seal.
Next is this post of a Taiwanese hike full of Monkey Mayhem in honour of World Monkey Day – many a Formosan Rock Macaque was seen and it sounds like many a lunch was pilfered.
Sam Patel is planning a trip to Sichuan and Qinghai, China in late February/early March and there are a couple of free spaces if anyone would like to make a heart less lonely. The target species will be Snow Leopards, Red Pandas, Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys and Giant Pandas.
Kyle Finn is also wondering if anyone would like to join an 8 day Marion Island cruise at the end of this month with chances to see some rare whales, Subantarctic Seal and Southern Elephant Seal.
Yet another episode of the “edgy” Mammalwatching Podcast is here! This time an interview with Marcelo Gavensky, the director of Birds Argentina tour company. I haven’t listened to this one yet, as I have been away from my sound-insulated chamber I must enter to so much as utter the word “mammalwatching”. You never know who might hear 😨
While Lonnie Bregman was doing the unspeakable (birding, that is) in Argentina he spotted a wild cat which looks like it could be a Geoffroy’s Cat, so help him out with the ID here (if you can forgive him for his ornithological sins).
Mark Hows would also like some help, this time with how to find Proserpine Rock Wallabies near Airlie Beach. Matty Stouffer is looking for advice on where to go from Bangkok for a weekend mammalwatching trip. And finally, Francesco Cuzzola would like recommendations on mammalwatching near Las Vegas in February.
Lastly, check out this book review of the latest in the Lynx Illustrated Checklist series about Neotropical Primates!
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Thanks for reading and wishing you all a happy new year full of ticks (and not tics!)
Katy
Cover photo: Formosan Rock Macaque – Bryan Kao
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