New Trip Report: Costa Rica
An interesting report from Michael Kessler, who spent 4 weeks in Costa Rica. He was mainly botanising, but managed to see a bunch of good mammals too. I was particularly intere
An accessible trail on Chiloe Island
Jeroen Beuckels got in touch with me asking if I could spread the word about a very worthwhile project he is working on in Chiloe Island, Chile, which I am very happy to do. Please
New Trip Report: Red Pandas in Nepal
Here’s a report Cathy Pasterczyk alerted me to on Red Pandas in Nepal http://birdernaturalist.blogspot.co.at/2016/06/in-search-of-nepals-red-panda.html Jon
Sierra Nevada update
This is generally of local interest, but since so many people are apparently planning to visit California this summer, I thought I should post it here. I spent the last three days
RFI: polar bears in Alaska
I am looking for advice to add a polar bear to Alaska birding trip in July. I know of two places, Barrow and Katkovik, and hope at least few polar bears are present in summer. I
Surge in Texas Ocelot Deaths
Sad news from South Texas: the past year has seen a surge in ocelots dying on roads. Can underpasses help. My blog on the news released by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service yest
New Trip Report: Paraguay
Here’s a report from Jon Lehmberg of a 2014 visit to Paraguay, a great destination for mammals. Paraguay, 2014: Jon Lehmberg, 1 week & 21 species including 5 Armadillo s
Vole/Lemming ID
I found the rodent pictured below underneath a piece of plywood on an abandoned railroad track near my home in Northeast Illinois. My best guess is that it was a meadow vole (Micr
And another California Report
This time from Vladimir Dinets, who teamed up with Venkat Sankar last weekend. They saw some nice stuff. California Weekend, 2016: Vladimir Dinets, 1 week & some nice specie