Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procynoides viverrinus)
18 February 2019. Izumi–Izumi Crane Observation Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan This individual was unaccountably fearless suggesting that it may not have been entirely h
Mosor and Biokovo Mountains, Croatia
I went to Croatia between April 24th and 27th 2019. I had two days for Aoudad, one for Balkan Chamois and one morning for Mouflon. Here is my illustrated report: http://www.wilddoc
Sichuan trip report
Report from our last trip to Sichuan, April 2019. Samuel Marlin, 2 weeks & 27 species including Pallas’s and Chinese mountain cats, Red Panda, Asiatic Black Bear, Asia
Japanese Squirrel (Sciurus lis)
16 February 2019. Karuizawa–Shiotsubo Hot Spring Hotel, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. These small, long-eared, large-eyed tree squirrels are endemic to the Japanese Islands. They
New Trip Report: Taiwan
Another Taiwan report .. three years ago there was none Taiwan, 2019: Jon Lehmberg, 12 days & 11 species including Yellow-throated Marten and Ryuku Flying Fox. Jon
Japan February/March 2019
February-15 till March-10, 2019 we visited Japan for 3 weeks, starting at East-Hokkaido (between Kushiro, Nemuro and Rausu) for app. 8 days, did the ferry from Tomakomai to Niigata
New Trip Report: Crete
Here’s a report from Michael Kessler Crete, 2019: Michael Kessler, 8 days & 20 species (several of them dead) including Etruscan Shrew, Eastern Rock Mouse, European Free-
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 wi
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 lo
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