Ultra-long California pelagic trip, 2014
I am in contact with a Monterey-based whalewatching operator who is considering an overnight pelagic trip sometime next summer/fall. He needs more people to express interest before
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