article on conservation value of heat scopes
In this forum we have talked about thermal imaging monoculars, aka cheat scopes. As tools for doing wildlife surveys, they are discussed in a UK magazine called Conservation Land M
Madera Canyon, Arizona (Pallid Bat Update)
I was in Madera Canyon July 2021 with Jose Gabriel Martinez. It was just two nights, one of which was lost to the most intense storm either of us had experienced. But just to verif
Alaska, May 2021
Alaska, May 2021 Jose Gabriel Martinez and Charles Hood did a long weekend in Alaska in mid-May, 2021. It was squeezed between other obligations, and while there, we each had acade
Guadalupe Fur Seal Update
Passing on second-hand report from birding forum. +++ David Povey on 30 April 2021: “An interesting marine mammal sighting was a total of three Guadalupe Fur Seals. Two over
Update on Bobcats in Tucson Arizona
The water treatment marsh in Tucson called Sweetwater Wetlands has historically been a good place for Arizona cotton rat and bobcat. My brother lives in Tucson and as of 04 March 2
Split of Desert Shrew at the Colorado River
Here’s a split that makes sense. If you familiar with the split of wood rats into “West of the Colorado River” and “East of the Colorado River” units
Pampas Cat Split (5 Species?)
In a March 2020 article in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, the authors provide a wide suite of evidence for splitting the pampas cat complex five ways. Whether you a
A good year for Guadalupe Fur Seals in USA waters?
Alvaro Jaramillo is a Chilean bird tour leader based in Half Moon Bay, California. One of his offshore trips had Guadalupe Fur Seal last weekend, and I went out of Moss Landing on
SE’n AZ Update (black bear, bobcat, coati, ringtail and report of puma)
Southeastern Arizona update, June 2020 I had a short trip to Arizona to photograph moths and lizards for a book project and thought I would give a quick mammal update. Sites are de
Bat Weekend in Yucatan
Mérida, Yucatán, January 2020 from Charles Hood, hoodcw (at) gmail (dot) com I had some frequent flyer miles to spend and a few days off when I could work by email, so I did a