4th Mammal Watching Competition in Finland
Four years ago I invited Finnish mammal watchers to competition, to find out who gets most mammal species to their year list. 72 mammal watchers participated and the winner was M
New World ID questions
Several people told me this is the best place to try to crack my trickiest ID questions, so I hope this is not too much of an abuse of this community … because I do have a lo
Georgia and Armenia: a few mammals while birding
At Jon’s request I try to make my first post with a brief report of some exciting mammals seen accidentally on birding trip. georgia-armenia-EBR
Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procynoides viverrinus)
18 February 2019. Izumi–Izumi Crane Observation Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan This individual was unaccountably fearless suggesting that it may not have been entirely h
Anza borrego trip report near dusk to after dawn May 4th-5th
14 hours at Anza Borrego
Mosor and Biokovo Mountains, Croatia
I went to Croatia between April 24th and 27th 2019. I had two days for Aoudad, one for Balkan Chamois and one morning for Mouflon. Here is my illustrated report: http://www.wilddoc
MARINE MAMMAL BONANZA
Hello mammal watchers. The tour company NozoMojo runs wildlife focused tours on small ships. We have a few spaces available in 2020 on voyages to two very distinct destinati
Rodents from Ethiopia – request for id help.
Looking at trip reports, the first one of these from the Bale mountains is likely to be Blick’s grassrat, the second – from the Simien mountains Chenek camp – may
Sichuan trip report
Report from our last trip to Sichuan, April 2019. Samuel Marlin, 2 weeks & 27 species including Pallas’s and Chinese mountain cats, Red Panda, Asiatic Black Bear, Asia
Baird’s Beaked Whale off Calif (second-hand report)
California birders use cruise ships in spring as they try for offshore petrels during repositioning runs. Holland America, Princess Cruises, and others need to move boats from Mexi