Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas everyone, from a a very white Wales. I hope 2010 is ending well for you and that 2011 will be even better and full of exciting mammals of course. I’m looking
Sri Lanka, 2010
Sigiriya Fort In December 2010 I had to work for a few days in Colombo. I’d visited Sri Lanka back in 2000 for a short vacation but still had a long list of animals I want
New Trip Report – Sri Lanka
I have just uploaded a report of my trip a week ago to Sigiriya in Sri Lanka. We saw what I thought was an impressive 30+ species in 72 hours, 11 of which were lifers for me includ
Wolf and Elk in Estonia
This is a nice video that Triin Ivandi in Estonia sent me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK3U6u1wtZI And a little background is here http://natourest.ee/index.php?option=com_conten
Bat Blitz 2011
The Southeastern Bat Diversity Network will be doing a bat blitz in North Carolina July 31-August 4, 2011. There is a link for more information on their home page at: Home It might
New Trip Report – Lynx in Bialoweiza, Poland
Steve Morgan and Phil Telfer were in Bialoweiza a week ago and saw a Eurasian Lynx. Steve’s report here And now I am heading to Sri Lanka to look for Fishing Cats and Golden
Sticky Snack for Elephant-Shrews
ScienceDaily (Nov. 16, 2010) — Long-nosed Cape rock elephant-shrews are fond of sticky treats, according to Dr. Petra Wester from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.
The Tiger by John Vaillant
I read a lot of natural history books. There aren’t many as good as this one. John Vaillant’s The Tiger is the story of poachers and a “vengeful” tiger in t
Thylacine video ?????
Would anyone like to say what they think this might be? I’d love to believe it was a Tassie Tiger but I can’t. Though I find it hard to turn the animal into a fox, ding
Red Pandas in China
Definitely a top ten mammal to see for me, and here is a report on a successful trip for them http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/sichuanbirds/17691