- Yesterday I drove to Cape Cod to see whales. As of 5:30 AM, there were still a few North Atlantic right whales just off Race Point Beach. I didn’t even have to launch my kayak – just snorkeled a bit out (in a semi-dry suit) and was immediately approached by a right whale. I then swam about 100 m offshore, where the visibility was a bit better, and got underwater views of a pod of long-finned pilot whales. There were also humpbacks farther out. A guy who’d been watching them all week said the numbers have dropped but there should still be some next weekend.
- An interesting paper about using various types of traps for small mammals (rodents and opossums) in interior Brazil. They found that bait type wasn’t important, but pitfalls caught more species, and a lot of those didn’t show up in Shermans at all. They used 60-l buckets.
- As long as we are talking about Brazil, here‘s a change in Oligoryzomys taxonomy.
- There is a paper under review claiming an entirely new species of cat from S Colombia and N Ecuador. Local experts are a bit skeptical, but let’s wait until the paper is published.
- I am considering going on June 4-5 pelagic trip with these guys (scroll down for details) – anyone interested?
Vladimir
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Vole Plague in Utah .. gardens “ravaged”, sidewalk “sinking”
Jon Hall, , North American, 1
This sounds like something out of an episode of “Parks and Recreation” but clearly the people of Farmington, Utah...
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San Angelo State Park, Texas – short note from March 2017
Ameet, , North American, "North American Porcupine", "Rio Grande Ground Squirrel", 0
This is a belated update on San Angelo State Park from March 2017. Excited by Jon’s trip report from...
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California updates
vnsankar, , North American, California, 0
I’ve done a couple of short trips over the last 2 months throughout California. Nothing groundbreaking, but it should...
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Spotlights & Flight Regulations
mattinidaho, , North American, 9
I just received a question about taking spotlights on flights from fellow mammal watcher Greg Easton, and thought I...
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Ferrets
mattinidaho, , North American, 0
Here’s my latest piece for The Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog, on black-footed ferrets. It’s based on my...
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Mammals of New York State
kbrown217, , North American, 0
Spending 6 days travelling across New York State in 3 weeks time and I am looking a the best...
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change of plans-arizona trip
gskipper, , North American, birds, coati, madera, mammal, southern arizona, yellow nose rat, 1
Hey everyone, I was set to leave on my Northern California trip for this week and had to cancel...
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Hybrid Deer
mattinidaho, , North American, Wyoming, 2
Cat Urbigkit at the Querencia blog has some good photos of whitetail/mule deer hybrids.<This link is now broken but...
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