Deramakot question
Dear All, I suddenly discovered that I’m taking my family to Sabah for a week in early May. I’m trying to include Deramakot, but I’ve never been there and it̵
Central Honshu
I just spent a week in Central Honshu. Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park (the place where you can see Japanese macaques in hot springs) was virtually unknown when I first visited in 2005
Miyakojima, Japan
Miyakojima is the least interesting of larger Ryukyu Islands (all but one native mammals are extinct), but I checked it out it anyway. The only remaining forest on the island is On
Two announcements
Dear All, (1) Dr. Chao-Lung, a Taiwanese bat researcher, just invited me to join him for a mistnetting trip to central Taiwan on November 12-15. I can bring one other person (maxim
Kiso Valley, Japan
I spent three nights spotlighting around Kiso Valley in Honshu. It was raining, and mammal activity was very low (I didn’t see any carnivores or deer, which is unusual for Japan)
HMW7
I wrote a short review of Handbook of Mammals of the World Vol. 7, with a list of taxonomic changes. (Yes, I know, people are already getting Vol. 8 – sorry it took so long).
Endemic Mammals of Italy
A useful review of the status of accepted and proposed Italian endemics: https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt1jq6b383/qt1jq6b383.pdf?t=p4x246
Muir Woods with a thermal imager
I was back in California for a few days; it was my first time in North America since buying a thermal imager, so I decided to check if it can be helpful in finding those endemic sp
Hawaiian hoary bats on Big Island
I just spent a few hours on Big Island of Hawaii to see lava fountains produced by erupting Kilauea Volcano. While sneaking through the forest at midnight to avoid numerous police
Safia Reserve and other places in Western Sahara/Morocco
It looks like I’ll have about a week in Morocco and Western Sahara in July. Has anyone been able to contact/visit Safia Reserve recently? How’s the road? They reportedl