16 June 2014

Jon Hall

This video shows an unusual sight of a Fin Whale breaching (the second biggest animal ever to have lived on the planet) off of Gibraltar. Check out the breach in...

14 June 2014

Jon Hall

Mike Richardson and Sarah Winch just got back from a road trip through Italy to Croatia and sent me a great report. Italy and Croatia, 2014: Mike Richardson & Sarah...

13 June 2014

vdinets

Dear All,I am trying to help organize a wildlife-viewing expedition to St. Paul and St. Matthew Islands in the Bering Sea next June. St. Paul has the world's largest fur...

12 June 2014

Jon Hall

Hugh Buck just sent me a bunch of trip reports. The trips were primarily birding tours but he got some nice mammal by-catch Colombia, 2014: A month's birding trip with...

11 June 2014

Jon Hall

Patrick on the Tapiche River In 2010 I promised my son, Patrick, a trip to the rainforest to mark his entry into teenhood.  After some lengthy...

10 June 2014

Jon Hall

Dear all This kickstarter campaign was sent to me by Kurt Johnson (from the US FWS) who is involved in this group privately, so its legit. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/saving-southern-thailand-s-unique-but-rapidly-disappearing-wildlife Perhaps some of...

9 June 2014

Jon Hall

John Dixon sent me this article on a project to exterminate Rattus rattus from some Hebridean islands (off of Scotland) http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/eu-gives-450000-to-project-aiming-to-clear-islands-of-rats.24428932 which has generated some controversy among bird and mammal...

9 June 2014

mattinidaho

It's not really mammal watching, but thought this might be of interest to mammal enthusiasts:For sabal palm conservation, native plant breeders find that they need coyote scat for successful cultivation....

6 June 2014

Jon Hall

Hi, I just added a bunch of 2013 India reports to mammalwatching.com, all courtesy of Aniket Sardana Central India, 2013: Aniket Sardana, 2 weeks & 15 species including Tiger, Gaur...

3 June 2014

Jon Hall

A new trip report on mammalwatching.com : Colorado & a little bit of California, 2014: Michel Watelet, 2 weeks & 34 species including Bobcat, Abert's Squirrel and Bighorn Sheep. And...

3 June 2014

vdinets

A couple of tips:1. There is a colony of evening bats in one of the two bat houses in Samuel Houston Jones State Park near Lake Charles, Louisiana (the other...

1 June 2014

Jon Hall

Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius, Ballinger I spent the 2013 Memorial Day long weekend in Big Bend Texas, catching bats with Loren Ammerman and her students....

1 June 2014

Alan D

We spent a week in Florida recently at St Augustine and then on the west coast near Crystal River.  About half the time was spent on  business.  The two goals...

29 May 2014

Jon Hall

This made me smile http://twentytwowords.com/figure-out-german-animal-names-with-this-handy-flowchart/ Jon

29 May 2014

Jon Hall

Israel, 2014: Dominique Brugiere, 2 weeks & several species including Onager, Mountain & Dorcas Gazelles, Indian Porcupine and Golden Spiny Mouse. Jon

29 May 2014

Charles Foley

Well after 4 years of writing, our field guide to the mammals of Tanzania has finally been printed and is due in bookshops within the next week or so. The...

27 May 2014

Jon Hall

DNA testing has confirmed that an animal shot in February in Iowa’s Buchanan County was in fact a wolf, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. This is the...

23 May 2014

Jon Hall

Hi, I am going to Texas tomorrow and wanted to try to look for swamp rabbits around Corpus Christi or Austin. Does anyone have any good spots for them? They...

19 May 2014

Ben S

I just read in a trip report that an Olinguito is regularly coming to the feeders at Bellavista Cloudforest Lodge at night. The west slope in Ecuador isn't known for...

17 May 2014

Jon Hall

A new report from Indri Tours on their Feb 2014 trip to Ladakh. 2 weeks & 6 species including Snow Leopard, Stone Marten & Woolly Hares. I am looking forward...