Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)
14 February 2019. Yamanouchi–Jigokudani (Hot Springs / Snow Monkey Park), Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Sometimes called “Snow Monkeys,” these are the northernmost wild population of non-human primates in the world. Their thick fur allows them to tolerate winter temperatures as low as -20° C. Here a female is cradling her...
Thailand, April 2019: Jono Dashper, 15 days, 24 species
Thailand Mammals April 2019: Jono Dashper, 15 days, 24 species including Leopard Cat, Bengal Slow Loris & Mainland Serow.
Video Mammals of Peru
Hi people, Some mammals I filmed during five week long birding trip to Peru in July/August 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yldVy1JCWus&t=186s Salinas y Aguada Blanca Reserve: Common Mountain Viscacha, Culpeo, Vicuña, Bolivian Big-eared Mouse Arequipa Department coastline: South American Fur Seal, South American Sea-lion Huacarpay Lake: Montane...
Bryde’s Whale in False Bay (South Africa)
In Feb 2019 I saw Bryde’s Whale (not Eden’s Whale) twice in one week, when scanning from the coastal road on the eastern side of False Bay; the road from Gordon’s Bay to Rooiels. More info at https://www.pacapix.com/rsa-brydeswhale-falsebay/ Paul Carter
Rio Negro and Solimoes River Nature Tour
This is a report written for a general audience, not really for mammal-watchers, but we did do quite a lot of nocturnal stalking and so got a reasonable list of mammals. I’ve added the species list at the end. I do both mammal/bat intense trips and also these more...
Mammals seen from my living room
mammals seen from my living room
Morocco: The Anti Atlas and the Western Sahara
I’ve thought about visiting the Western Sahara for years, but was reluctant to return to Morocco after a backpacking trip in the early 90s. I spent most of that first trip looking for either a bathroom or a place to hide from the 20 plus people invariably following me...
Red Panda Quest
red panda trip report + photos
New Trip Report: Mongolia Snow Leopard and Pallas’s Cat
A new trip report, with some of the best Pallas’s Cat pictures I have ever seen. And some of the best Snow Leopard pictures too thinking about it. Mongolia is fast turning into an exceptional destination for these species. Mongolia, 2019: Willdife Tour in Mongolia, 18 days and several...
Need Support / Ideas for a Winter Trip
Hi there and “Hello” from Germany! For close to 20 years now I have been visiting Eastern and Southern African countries, going on safaris, always searching for mammals and predators in particular. Every once in a while we’ve also travelled across the USA, Canada and Australia. Last January then...
Pygmy killer whales
There is a herd of pygmy killer whales in Sonai Harbor (24.474501N 122.996141E). They can be seen up close both above and underwater. Locals say they’ve been present since yesterday. If you are in Japan, you can fly there via Okinawa or Ishigaki; the place is walking distance from...
New Trip Report: Hong Kong
Hong Kong, 2019: Vladimir Dinets, 6 days & 20 species including Leopard Cat, Yellow-bellied Weasel and Humpbacked Dolphins. Jon
Serval Central
Serval central
Kenya Rodent ID Help
Hi all. I am finishing up the mammal IDs from our recent trip to Kenya and there are a couple that I have no clue about. Frankly, there seems to be plenty of possibilities so it may not be possible to ID these. The solo rat eating was at...
New Trip Report: South Korea
An interesting report from an under-rated destination South Korea, 2019: Vladimir Dinets, 11 days (over 2 trips) with some nice mammals including Amur Leopard Cat, Siberian Musk Deer and Long-tailed Goral. Jon
New Trip Report: Estonian Lynx
Another report from Justin Brown. Estonia, 2019: Justin Brown, 10 days & 7 species including a Eurasian Lynx. Jon
New Trip Report: Singapore and Southern Malaysia
A great report and pictures from Jon Lehmberg who scored a Sunda Pangolin in the same place in Singapore that Vladimir Dinets and others have. Singapore and Southern Malaysia, 2019: Jon Lehmberg, 6 days & 21 species including Binturong, Short-tailed Mongoose and Sunda Pangolin. Jon
Book Review: A Californian’s Guide to the Mammals Among Us
Mammalwatching.com’s very own Charles Hood is the latest mammalwatcher to release a book. A Californian’s Guide to the Mammals Among Us aims to spark an interest in mammalwatching among the uninitiated. And where better place to do that than California: home to a great many mammals and a great many...
Egyptian Weasels
Here’s a really interesting post from Nayer Youakim. Weasels are abundant in the heart of the city of Alexandria. Fascinating … but why are there not more urban weasels elsewhere? Egyptian Weasels in Alexandria, 2019: Nayer Youakim’s account of Egyptian (or Least) Weasel watching. Jon
Readvertising: Gabon June/July Tour with Royle Safaris
Martin Royle has already advertised his trip to Gabon this June/July, which will be guided by the same guide – Vianet – that did my trip proud last August. Royle Safaris has had a late cancellation and one place is open again on the tour. More details are here...
And The Winners Are …. The 2018 N.U.T.T.E.R Awards
Move over Pullitzer and Nobel Prizes. Oscars and Olympic Golds be damned. Here are the real over achievers for 2018. Thank you to all who sent nominations and voted for Mammalwatching’s most Notable, Unique, Tantalizing, Tenacious and Enlightening Reports: The N.U.T.T.E.R Awards for 2018. A reminder that only reports covering...
New Trip Report: Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea)
A new report from a place I would dearly love to visit. Bioko Island, 2019: Justin Brown, 9 days & 11 species including Drill, Red-eared Monkey, Black Colobus, Bioko Allen’s Galago and Brush-tailed Porcupine. Jon
Sabah again
Sorry for bugging the community again, but we have tickets to Kota Kinabalu for early May and Deramakot is booked solid. What are the best alternatives? We’ll spend a couple nights at Gunung Kinabalu and maybe a night at Poring and perhaps another night somewhere along the Kinabatangan. Danum...
First sighting of Sand Cat at Merzouga, Morocco, in the 21st century
Sand Cat sighted at Merzouga for the first time in more than two decades. Observations of Sand Cats in Tafilalt region (and also at Figuig to the north-east) are so rare that some authors consider the presence of the species here as ‘uncertain’.
Reminder: Voting for the Mammalwatching Awards
Just a reminder that you still have 6 days to vote for your favourite mammalwatching trip reports for 2018. The most Notable, Unique, Tantalizing, Tenacious and Enlightening Reports: The N.U.T.T.E.R Awards for 2018. Polls close on Monday 24 March. Please vote here Jon
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Harp Seal in Albany, NY area
Just wanted to post that a Harp Seal is being seen in the Albany, NY area in the Hudson River. Evidently they had one a year ago too. Wonder if it’s the same one? Very nice. Andrew
New Trip Report: Sri Lanka
Another mega Sri Lanka trip! Sri Lanka, 2019: John Wright, 2 weeks & 57 species including … well just about everything … but Indian Pangolin was the star. Jon
Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Last week I spent two nights driving in the area around Mt. Koyasan (34.186176N 135.604409E) and saw lots of smallish, dark sika deer, a charming juvenile serow, over 20 martens (all brown rather than orange), a badger, and, curiously, just one raccoon dog and no foxes at all. The...
Cape Verde Dolphin ID help
Does anyone have any thoughts about the ID of this dolphin, seen recently by Vincent Legrand in with a pod of Rough-toothed off of Cape Verde? And here is a Rough-toothed Dolphin for comparison.
Guinea Hot advise asked
Good Morning Community, from european airports TAP (Portugese Airline) will start frequent flights to guinea for very very low prices. As guinea seems to have nearly no tourism but an awesome wildlife it is really hard for me to receive any information. I have read the really nice trip...
Live trapping animals for research
The following thought provoking and interesting article is from The Wolf Conservation Face Book page. This has been touched on before on this website but any further comments on this? A gray wolf is dead in Oregon, and people may be to blame. The animal had been trapped by...
North American River Otter in Long Island Sound
Hi all, Just wanted to post a first for me. I was at Greenwich Point Park in Old Greenwich this morning around 8am and saw a North American River Otter swimming and fishing about a 1/4 mile out into Long Island Sound! It was headed in an east southeast...
Information Please
I have booked 28/04/19- 05/05/19 into and out of San Fransisco. Thinking Point Reyes for Bobcat, May be Coyote, Yosemite, if accessible. For Black Bear and a boat trip from Monterey, does anyone have any other ideas for areas for a chance of seeing the bigger mammals ? And...
Lynx Watching in Estonia
Here’s another spot to add to my list of places I definitely have to visit next week! If only… Lynx Watching Hide, Matsalu National Park: BiOME’s hide in western Estonia seems to a reliable spot for Eurasian Lynx among 25 mammal species recorded so far. Jon
PLEASE VOTE: 2018 Mammalwatching Awards (the N.U.T.T.E.R. awards)
Thank you to all who sent me nominations for Mammalwatching’s most Notable, Unique, Tantalizing, Tenacious and Enlightening Reports: The N.U.T.T.E.R Awards for 2018. I have set up a Google poll to collect the votes. I hope it works. So far as I can see anyone – should they really want...
India, Kanha Tiger Reserve
Kanha trip report
Melaleuca, Tasmania. not recommended for mammals.
Last February, I visited Melaleuca, Tasmania, mainly because of our involvement in the recovery program for the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot (OBP), as this is the last known breeding site for the OBP. Melaleuca is an airstrip with no permanent population located in the south-west Tasmanian wilderness. Two walking tracks,...
Most Painful (near) Miss of 2018: Mainland Clouded Leopards
I am putting the finish touches to a Google poll which will allow us to vote on the best reports for 2018 (the NUTTER awards). Will hopefully send that out tomorrow. Meanwhile Jens Hauser just sent me this painfully entertaining account of a recent trip to Nepal for consideration...
New: A Naturalist’s Guide to Sydney
Here’s some useful information from Valentin Moser on where to see mammals, and other wildlife, around Sydney. Sydney, 2018: Valentin Moser’s notes on where to see mammal, birds and more around Sydney. Jon
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