Another New Mammal Big Day Record for North America
On 3 August 2014, Peter Pyle (the mastermind), Pat Kleeman and I made an all-out attempt to break the previous mammal “big day” record for North America of 30 native species, s
New Report – Southern California & 5 new Saki species described
A short report from Curtis Hart Southern California, 2014: Curtis Hart, 1 week & 10 species including a Desert Pocket Mouse and Canyon Bat. and 5 new Amazonian Saki species des
Trip Report: Vancouver Island, Montana and a bit of Wyoming and Washington
I spent the last week of August looking for mammals around the north west of the USA. Vancouver Island My first stop was a return to Mount Washington on Vancouver Island to try aga
Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?
A nice video in these days of bad PR for bats. Thanks to Jean-Michel Bompar for sending it through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao0dqJvH4a0 Jon
Qinghai tour highlights and need help with Pika/Vole/Hamster IDs
Hi, My wife and I returned from a 4-week trip to Qinghai including a 2-day Tangjiahe add-on. August is not an ideal month to travel in Qinghai but we still scored a lot of amazing
South Florida & St. Croix
I’ll be in South Florida and St. Croix in mid-October. I’ve read all the trip reports and previous blogs on this and there’s a lot of good information. Some follo
Paying communities per mammal seen in Laos….
I’ve just heard that the WCS Laos program and several partners have set up a great project that takes people on night boat rides and then pays the community according the num
New trip reports – Alaska & Uganda
A couple of excellent reports just added to mammalwatching.com, both featuring a bunch of stuff I’ve not seen and some nice photos too. Alaska, 2014: Stefan Lithner, 3 weeks
Revision to Humpback Dolphin taxonomy
A good deal of work has gone into this study to sort out the genetics of the Sousa genus http://www.wildlifeextra.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=1&listitemid=1
New trip report – Poland
Poland, 2014: Mark Hows, 4 days & 18 species including Spotted Souslik, Pine Marten and Racoon Dog. Jon