A really great report from Venkat Sankar, who spent 10 days in Mexico last month and saw a lot of cool endemics most of which I have never heard of!
Mexico, 2016: 10 days & 42 species including Durango Chipmunk, Smoky Pocket Gopher, Southern Rock Mouse, Volcano Rabbit and Mexican Giant Shrew.
Two new reports on mammalwatching.com Florida, 2013: Mike Richardson, 2 weeks & 17 species including an Eastern Spotted Skunk...
Went out for a hike this AM in Central Massachusetts. On the way back I noticed a large blob...
A pretty wild photo (by volunteer Ralph Stewart) from The Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve. A few fish were...
Nick Waterstraat was lucky enough to observe this rare – and bloodthirsty – Marmot behaviour in California. Fascinating. Jon
Here are some useful notes from Curtis Hart who spent 2-3 months in Arizona this year. Arizona, 2018: Curtis...
Last night (5/20/17), I spent 3.5 hours spotlighting in and near Panoche Valley (8:30 PM-12:00 AM) in San Benito...
Hugh Buck just sent me a bunch of trip reports. The trips were primarily birding tours but he got...
I was in the US from 19 – 25 April, on the way back from Australia to France. I...
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Exploratory trips are always like that: all you remember afterwards is endless driving 🙂
True, but the amount of cool stuff you find is still very much worth it…
In my experience, the best trip is usually the second one. Unless the first time you have a lot of time and can explore each location for as long as you want, but that rarely happens.