Here’s a summary of a short trip I made to Tucson and specifically the Madera Canyon last month. Highlights included Ringtail, Hog-nosed skunk and Antelope jackrabbit.Madera Canyon and Tucson
Madera Canyon and Tucson, Arizona
Related Articles
-
New Podcast with Chris & Mathilde Stuart plus an exceptional Lynx encounter in Minnesota
In Episode 21 of the mammalwatching podcast Charles and I interview Chris & Mathilde Stuart – renowned wildlife researchers...
-
Eastern Wolf Genetics
The status of Algonquin National Park’s Eastern Wolves has been a source of debate. Some studies have “shown” they...
-
Mammalwatching in the Pacific Northwest with notes on birds and hotspots
In July 2019 I visited the Pacific Nortwest on a road trip with a tent from Vancouver Island to...
-
Mammals in the News
Lots of good – or at least not bad – news, for once this week (unless you are a...
-
RFI YELLOWSTONE
Hi, Everyone, my wife Ingrid and I are contemplating a return to Yellowstone NP in 2023. We haven’t been...
-
-
New beaked whale species; Good news for Mexican Wolves; Bad news for West African Lions
Researchers discover rare new species of deep-diving whale February 2014: Based on the study of seven animals stranded on...
-
Calif Notes, October 2017
This is a very brief summary of some mammaling in California, mid-October 2017. This won’t predict what a hardcore...
That’s a great quick stop Charles. Good to know that the ringtail is still around. I will have to try again for some better pictures especially if there is a possibility of spotted skunk which would be a lifer for us. I think I need to spend a few weekends there this spring.
Thanks for the report.
I’ll also probably be heading back there in the Spring, and will give the Spotted skunk another go. It would also be a lifer for me. So if you see someone furtively creeping around the campsites wearing a headlamp and peeking through a thermal imager, it’ll probably be me.
We were in Madera Canyon last spring. The Ringtail was somewhat inaccessible as it was being filmed by a professionally looking crew – we went to talk to them and they kindly asked us not to nose around in the night as it was apparently quite hard to work with the animal as it were. We obliged (and they were visibly relieved). We also haven’t gotten any Skunks not Coati. The main consolation was the observation of a Bobcat in daylight feeding upon a rabbit on a side road early in the morning.