Great Swamp NWR, New Jersey
Has anyone been to Great Swamp NWR? It’s just 20 miles from downtown Manhattan. I’ve heard that it’s a great place for star-nosed mole, river otter, woodland and
Mammal Watching in North America book
Dear All, As many of you know, I am working on a book Mammal Watching in North America. The book is practically finished now, so this is a last-minute call for info contribution. I
voling season
If you are in NE USA, don’t miss the current dry weather spell, as it makes finding small mammals by sound really easy. Southern red-backed vole is abundant right now along R
Stejneger’s beaked whale in Los Angeles
http://www.newsdaily.com/article/8b43ccae884d70de37f4b2ff7ad32c65/rare-whale-found-dead-in-southern-california I particularly like the journalist’s brilliant term “sabe
on lemur systematics
It looks like the free-for-all species splitting banquet is coming to an end. Ian Tattersall, the leading expert on Madagascar lemurs (one of sifaka species is named after him) h
November trips
Dear All, There will be an interesting pelagic trip from southern Cape Cod on November 9. Details here: http://www.neseabirds.com/Pelagictripsnecurrent.htm This is a bit outside t
Autumn trips
Dear All, I am in Rhode Island until mid-December. Once I’m done unpacking etc., would be nice to explore the area (everything between NYC and Hudson Bay). If anybody is plan
Red wolves in Louisiana.
A video of two red wolves taken in Louisiana in 2009. The species is officially extinct everywhere in the South except North Carolina and one small offshore island in Florida. http
good site for bobcat
I found a good site for bobcats in northern Louisiana. It is called Black Bayou Lake NWR. A friend who works there says that the refuge employees see bobcats at least weekly withou