Coolest Mammal seen from your window/balcony?
So for the past several weeks I’ve had no time to go ‘sploring, since I had back-to-back tests in Analytical Functions 2, and other similarly pleasant-sounding courses
Backlog of trip reports
Dear all Just an apology that I haven’t been able to upload trip reports for the past couple of weeks and won’t be able to upload them til I get home from Australia in
Mammal Big Day
Tim and I decided to try for a mammal big day this weekend in Belgium. We were less successful than we hoped and would have liked but we did manage some very nice sightings, includ
Turkey Trip Report
I spent ten days looking for mammals and birds in southern Turkey last month. I rented a car in Adana and drove to various sites, including those around Aladagar, Birecik, and Sili
Uinta & Wyoming Ground Squirrels
I find these 2 species very difficult to distinguish. The ground squirrel above was photographed at Fossil Butte National Monument. It appeared “buffier” than the Uinta
Pygmy Rabbits
Despite spending a lot of time in sagebrush country, I had never seen a pygmy rabbit. Mammal watcher Dave Robichaud, who found me through this site, stopped in Idaho recently to se
Canid in Harenna forest (Ethiopia)
Recently, during a trip to Ethiopia, we saw a group of two animals, exactly like the animal observed by Cocke Smith in 2012. Was discussed the identity of the animal, some peopl
Ocelots & Nilgais
Two blogs I’ve written that may be of interest: Ocelots on the border – last stand for the spotted cat in Texas? Nilgai – how the Asian antelope came to thrive i
New Trip Report: Costa Rica & Panama
Dear all, a new report Costa Rica & Panama, 2014: Dominique Brugiere, 1 month & some nice species including, in Costa Rica, a Mexican Porcupine, and, in Panama, Rothschild&
New Sengi (Round Eared Elephant Shrew) Species
In the news today, from Namibia http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626132216.htm Jon