The Weekly Recap
Hello everyone, welcome to this week’s recap!
First off, there are now even more thermal scopes on sale for Black Friday until December 1! The promotion has apparently been so successful that Thermal Master has very few DV2 cameras left for sale out of the US, so get in quick. Check out this post for the details if you want to buy yourself an early Christmas present, or put something worse than coal in your child’s stocking.
It’s been a relatively quiet one, with only 4 trip reports. The first of these was Zac Babbit’s two months in South Africa during which he saw 130 mammal species, 103 of which were lifers! A pretty impressive outcome I must say, especially with highlights like Zorilla, Aardwolf, Golden Mole (all 3 of which sound a bit like mythical creatures) and all of the country’s canids and primates. As you can imagine it’s a mega report and definitely worth checking out – especially impressive considering it’s his first report on the site!
Next up is another first-time poster, Gabriel Levac with a trip to Eastern Canada. Let’s take a moment to mourn all of these new victims claimed by the “hobby”. Now that’s out of the way, he saw 8 species and the report includes a very funny photo of a Grey Seal (all seals look rather funny that close up), Humpback Whales and Harbour Porpoise – another great first report!
This report from John Goldie’s trip to South Australia for some pit-fall trapping includes 14 species with highlights like Western Pygmy Possum, Kowari and Southern Ningaui.
The final trip report was from Alex Meyer’s trip to the Azores in July where he saw 15 mammals (13 cetaceans) including my favourite Risso’s Dolphins, Dwarf and Pygmy Sperm Whales (I’m surprised my brother hasn’t started calling me this yet) and Sowerby’s Beaked Whale. His report is full of lovely and peaceful underwater cetacean pictures, an adorable baby Atlantic Spotted Dolphin as well as lots of useful information, so definitely have a look.
Lara Nielsen is asking about the best places and guides for Maned Wolf, Jaguar and Puma in early 2027.
Henri Blou wants some advice on a good tour guide for Giant Pandas, as he is trying to see all bear species in the wild with his kids. This may come as a surprise, but I actually think this is a great idea. Bear-watching is one thing I did enjoy as a child, but maybe that was because there was always a slight hope of my father being eaten.
And finally, John Van Niel would love some advice for his trip to Botswana next summer, to find a happy medium between “hard core rarity chasing” and only basic species.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: Sperm Whale/Ocean God – Daniel Benák
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