RFI: snow leopards in Mongolia?
Hello, Various friends who travel to Mongolia for birds and general nature tell that local nature guides repeatedly tell to know ‘sure’ places for seeing snow leopard.
Gear Review: Pulsar XQ50 Thermal Imaging Scope
Several mammalwatchers have recently expressed an interest in buying a thermal imaging scope and I had promised to post a review of the scope I bought in March. This is below. But
New (old) Trip Report: Kazakhstan
Here’s a last report from Vladimir Dinets on his travels through central Asia in the late 1980s. Kazakhstan, 1987-92: Vladimir Dinets, several trips & many species mentio
Seeing Colugo in peninsular Malaysia
Dear all I’m planning a trip to peninsular Malaysia next year. I’m keen to see colugo, a species that I’ve never seen despite having spent about ten months in sou
New Trip Report: Madagascar
Samuel Marlin is back from 3 weeks in Madagascar and saw a lot of cool mammals. Madagascar, 2017: Samuel Marlin, 3 weeks & 38 species including Fosa, Fanaloka, Ring-tailed &
Trip Reports: Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan
Here are two more reports from Vladimir Dinets of his travels around the former USSR 30 or so years ago. Kyrgyzstan, 1989-90: Vladimir Dinets’s notes of various trips with sp
2 questions
Dear All, I’ll be in Auckland, NZ for a week in late October. Any tips on wildlife spots within 2 hrs drive from the city? Birds, bats, herps, inverts – everything. Als
New Trip Report: Slovenia & Croatia
Here’s a report from Ralf Bürglin who combined a vacation in Slovenia with a Discover Dinarics bear study tour. Slovenia and Risnjak NP, 2017: Ralf Bürglin, 10 days &
New World deer phylogeny down
Everything you thought you knew about New World deer was wrong, according to a new paper. It’s mtDNA-based, but some conclusions are unlikely to be changed by future nDNA stu
Country Report: Tajikistan
Here’s another report from Vladimir Dinets, about a country I would love to visit. Tajikistan, 88-91: Vladimir Dinets, several trips & species include Marco Polo Sheep, M