Oman Trip Report, December 2021
Trip report for December 2021, Sultanate of Oman, Charles Hood and Mike Richardson, with information on Blanford’s Fox, Muscat Mouse-tailed Bat, Wolf, a short pelagic trip, a
United Arab Emirates for Tahr and Gazelle, December 2021
Short update on UAE as of Dec 2021, Charles Hood and Mike Richardson, site info on Arabian Tahr and Arabian Desert Gazelle, at this link here
New Podcast Episode: Vivek Menon
The latest mammalwatching podcast is now up, in which we interview Vivek Menon founder and Executive Director of the Wildlife Trust of India. Vivek is a distinguished conservatio
lots of elk
Saw this on LinkedIn. That is a lot of elk! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eric-r-robinson-08051645_my-brother-todd-robinson-came-across-this-ugcPost-6877290837374574592-V0wA
New Report: Some Mammals from Southwest Turkey
Here’s an interesting note from Ian Green (from the UK’s Greentours) on some of the mammals he encounters in southwest Turkey close to his home. This is a much under-ma
Taxonomy news
1. A review of alstoni species group of mouse opossums, with a description of Marmosa adleri (if you’ve seen “Alston’s mouse opossum” in Panama, that was it
New Trip Report: Central Chile
Here’s a report from Rob Jansen. This is mainly a birding report but does have a lot of information on travel in central Chile. Santiago Region, 2021: Rob Jansen, 3.5 weeks &
Advertising: Northern Chad Expedition, March 2022
Pictus Safaris are running an exciting trip to the “Soul of the Sahara” – the Ennedi and Ouadi-Rime Faunal Reserve in Chad, from March 14 – 26, 2022. Some o
Tufted ground squirrel
I am sorry if it looks like I’ve overtaken this blog recently, but I think this will be of interest to many people. There is a new paper on the diet of tufted ground squirrel
Caspian Seal (and Saiga) in Russia
It seems there is no good haul out place in Kazakhstan for this seal anymore. I was willing to do a sea watch with a spotting scope for three days but try explaining that to a Kaza