ID of common dolphins
Hey all. In the 1990s Common Dolphin was split into long-beaked and short-beaked forms and counted as two different species. Currently they are lumped. According to Bernardo Alps (
second-hand report of Western Spotted Skunk
Santa Cruz Island is one of the Channel Islands reached by boat from Ventura, famous for the endemic fox and jay. Often one gets common dolphin on the crossing. In the 1990s, spott
Baird’s Beaked Whale in California (not chaseable)
If one premise of this site is that all mammal species can be seen somewhere — once we figure out where that “somewhere” is — then I wanted to pass on infor
Southeastern Arizona updates
I was recently in Southeastern Arizona for a book project. This was not an active listing trip. Minor site updates as follows. (1) In Tucson, a presumed White-throated Wood Rat was
Coastal Texas Notes
Coastal Texas Mammals In April 2022, three independent teams were in Coastal Texas for mammal watching; all three had other interests / work obligations going on at the same time,
Bobcat Update, Tucson Arizona
Sweetwater Wetlands is a small urban park off of I-10 in central Tucson. As of January 2022, four different bobcats have overlapping ranges here. Winter seems best; sighting succes
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
a new way to mount a pocket torch on a camera
When spotting animals at night it can be hard to hold the flashlight and hold the camera at the same time. Yapok catcher and PhD candidate Jose Gabriel Martinez Fonseca has an idea
Guad Fur Seal and Baird’s Beaked Whale Update
Just a quick note on marine mammals off of California. Baird’s Beaked Whales were reported from a recent all-day pelagic trip out of Monterey. Good sources for these trips ar