New Trip Report: Great Squirrel Safari, USA, 2022
And a second report from Coke Smith, of a mammoth 12,000 mile road trip across 14 states. His daughter almost certainly now holds the world mammal list record among pre-schoolers.
New Trip Report: Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico
Here’s an interesting report from Bud Lensing: looks like a great reserve if you are ever in Albuquerque. Valles Caldera National Preserve, 2022: Bud Lensing, 1 day & 9 s
Weekend around Springerville, Arizona
I spent a weekend in Arizona last month. I went to visit my son Patrick, who is in Flagstaff for the summer chasing a two-legged mammal. Purely by coincidence, of course, there wer
New Trip Report: SW USA (mainly Arizona and New Mexico)
And Dominque Brugiere has now caught up on his trip reports! Thanks Dominque Arizona and New Mexico (plus California and Texas), 2018: Dominique Brugiere, 1 month and many mammals
New Trip Report: Squirrel and Prairie Dog Safari
Here’s a report from John and Karen Shrader on a 2015 trip to look for some Western rodents and more. Western Rodents, 2015: John and Karen Shrader, 10 days & 35 species
Hog-nosed Skunking
I’ve been looking for an American Hog-nosed Skunk since the late 1990s. I’ve looked several times in Texas, New Mexico and Mexicowithout success, and was contemplating
New Trip Report: Western USA, 2017
Here’s a very impressive list of species from Romain Bocquier’s recent trip through the West. Western USA, 2017: Romain Bocquier, 40 days & 84 species including Hoo
New Mexico
New Mexico is beautiful, no doubt about it. The state has a stack of diverse wilderness, lots of wildlife and simply looking at some of the mountain forest makes you feel healthie
New Mexico & Arizona Trip Report
I spent the Labor Day weekend in New Mexico and Arizona mainly looking for chipmunks, ground squirrels and other rodents that I’d yet to see. Once again I was reminded how sp
New Trip Report: South East Arizona and a bit of New Mexico
I couldn’t spend a Labor Day long weekend at home, so I took a last minute trip to the Chiricahua Mountains on the Arizona/New Mexico/ Mexico border to see what I could find. I