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October 2013

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30 October 2013
Europe and the Palearctic

Cheetahs’ Iranian revival cheers conservationists

Asiatic cheetahs, a subspecies of the fastest animal on earth, are extinct everywhere except in Iran, where they are considered to be critically endangered. But marking a rare succ

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28 October 2013
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Reliable site for Red-faced Uakari, Peru

I recently returned from the private Tapiche O’Hara Reserve, a reliable site for Red-faced Uakari.  This site is reached in less that a day’s river travel from Iquitos

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25 October 2013
Africa

Elephant vs Hippo

This is fun (unless you were the hippo) http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/wildlife/wildlife-and-nature/elephant-fury-for-this-mother-hippo/. The comments thre

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25 October 2013
North American

Florida Bonneted Bats

Does anyone have any recent information on where to see this species, preferably roosting, while I am in Florida over christmas. It seems – from Google at least – that

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24 October 2013
North American
Quebec

Trip Report: A long weekend in Quebec

I’ve visited Quebec several times and I think it is fair to say I have mixed feelings. The scenery is hard to fault and there ought to be some good mammals to see. But it is a ha

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22 October 2013
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voling season

If you are in NE USA, don’t miss the current dry weather spell, as it makes finding small mammals by sound really easy. Southern red-backed vole is abundant right now along R

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22 October 2013
Europe and the Palearctic

Infrared technology for small mammal photography

Here’s a nice article from Karl Van Ginderdeuren on high speed flash photography of bats and rats. This first appeared on his blog. cheers Jon

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21 October 2013
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Bat species? – Zanzibar

Whilst staying in Zanzibar (main island – Unguja), each evening we watched hundreds of large bats leaving Prison Island for the main island. Do you know which species of bat

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18 October 2013
Europe and the Palearctic

Kazakhstan – RFI

Hi all, I will be in Kazakhstan next month for work (Almaty, in the SE corner near Kyrgyzstan). Its a lousy time for most mammals I imagine but I’d like to spend a day or two

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17 October 2013
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Stejneger’s beaked whale in Los Angeles

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/8b43ccae884d70de37f4b2ff7ad32c65/rare-whale-found-dead-in-southern-california I particularly like the journalist’s brilliant term “sabe

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