Cape May pelagic trip
There’s a nice offshore pelagic trip from Cape May on November 25; should be a good chance for pilot whales, striped dolphins and beaked whales. I’ll try to make it; is
Southern flying squirrels in New Jersey
It looks like 2017 has been an excellent year for all sciurids in New York area, not just woodchucks and chipmunks. I spent last night spotlighting in Pine Barrens and saw 5 southe
HMW Vol. 6 review, part 1.
I just received Vol. 6 of Handbook of Mammals of the World. I get it for free (long story), but since a lot of people probably can’t afford it, perhaps it would be a good ide
Karasu beaked whales – a possible sighting
My friend Olga Filatova (one of the co-discoverers of karasu beaked whale) has returned from an expedition searching for them around the Kuril Islands, and got some possible photos
Barrow, Alaska October 22-24
I am guiding a personal tour to Barrow, Alaska, arriving there at 7:28 pm on Saturday October 22 and leaving at 7 pm on Sunday October 23. The cost is $450 pp. The airfares are ver
Rhode Island news
I checked out Thurstom Pond NWR last weekend. The spike in small rodent numbers reported last summer by Jon and then Venkat seems to be over. In a few hours I found just one southe
Good places to see…
Jon Asked me to re-post my last few posts from the old forum so that they don’t get lost in transition; here they are: A good place to see flightless scalytails (and the orig