BCI Bat Workshops 2012
BCI has posted their schedule for next year at http://www.batcon.org/pdfs/workshops/Flyer_NSBRWkshops_12.pdf There are trip reports from previous workshops at http://www.batcon.org
New Trip Report – Arizona
A great new report from Steve Morgan – 2 weeks & 27 species including Black-footed Ferret, Ringtail and Western Spotted Skunk. Jon
New Trip Reports – Arizona and the Netherlands
SE Arizona, 2011: Alan Dahl, a week & 16 species including Mexican Fox Squirrel and Antelope Jackrabbit. Double Dutch, 2011: Mark Hows, 3 days & 16 mammals including Bi-Col
Wolves May Aid Recovery of Canada Lynx
ScienceDaily (Aug. 30, 2011) — As wolf populations grow in parts of the West, most of the focus has been on their value in aiding broader ecosystem recovery — but a new stu
Pioneer Mountain wolverines
One of my Idaho “grail animals” is the wolverine. My colleague Jeff Barney had an encounter in Idaho’s Pioneer Mountains this month. Check out his blog about it:
Whale trapped in a fishing net
This is a touching 8 minutes of film http://www.koreus.com/video/sauvetage-baleine-filet.html Jon
Fisher Decline in Northern California
The Hoopa Valley Tribe, in cooperation with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Massachusetts, reported a 73-percent decline in the density of fishers — a
New Trip Report – California and Colorado
I was in the US at the start of June and – thanks to the help from several people here – managed to find most of what I was chasing. It wasn’t primarily a mammal
RFI – for Chipmunks and Ground Squirrels in California, Colorado and eastern Utah
I am in the USA for 10 days early next month – mainly around LA and Denver – but I will spend a few days driving around or out of both states if I need to. Can anyone r
RFI: Texas and North Carolina
Gerald Broddelez asked me to post the following RFI for him .. Jon Dear all, I ll be visiting texas and n’carolina next august and would appreciate any mammal watching sites