Silky anteater in Costa Rica
As soon as I read Jon Hall’s account of finding silky anteaters in the Damas mangroves of Costa Rica it became a priority destination given our goal of chasing vertebrate f
Mammals of Brazil
Hi people, A video of some cool mammals I filmed during a 5-week birding trip to Brazil in July/August 2017! The Pantanal, Mato Grosso: Azara’s Agouti, Collared Peccar
New Trip Report: Nicaragua
Curtis Hart has joined the ranks of those who have seen some great mammals in Nicaragua (and those who have a thermal imager)! Nicaragua, 2018: Curtis Hart, 3 weeks & 50 specie
Help! Franciscana or Cotero Dolphins?
Help! I have have been agonising over photos of Franciscana and Cotero Dolphins (Giuanan Dolphins) trying to turn at least one of the animals I saw in Brazil last week into a Fra
Batting in Nicaragua Postscript: Histoplasmosis
Eleven days after returning from Nicaragua (see Batting in Nicaragua without Jose) my wife Aram went to bed with flu-like symptoms and has now been down for 19 days. A friend sen
Ecuador January 2018 (Spectacled Bear, Olinguito)
Ecuador 8th – 20th January 2018 (plus transit stop in Florida, USA, 21st January) The main target of this trip to the Andes was Spectacled Bear, plus hoped-for Olinguito and
New Trip Report: Panama
Here’s a new report from Brian Keelan on a trip to Panama (where he crossed paths with Venkat Sankar). Good to see the success he had with his new thermal scope. Panama, 2
Bat ID’s wanted Brazil
Hi people, Some bats I photographed in Brazil last July/August. The first (two?) species I photographed near the southern end of the Transpantaneira Highway in the Pantanal, in som
Batting in Nicaragua without José
The recent reports from Nicaragua featuring José Martinez—batman extraordinaire–caught my attention because my wife and I had a sizable hole among the neotropical bats in
New Trip Reports: Brazil plus an Andean Cat in Peru
Here are a couple of brief reports – featuring great mammals. Andean Mountain Cat, 2017: Alain Guillemont’s account of 2 sightings in 2 days in Peru. Brazil, 2017: Al