Monterey Bay trip report
Hi all, Every summer, Monterey Bay Whale Watch (MBWW) offers 12-hour extended trips about twice a month. These are often fully booked, so make reservations well in advance. Their p
Bobcat – Trustom Pond NWR, Rhode Island (and other New England sightings)
I had a wonderful observation of a Bobcat on the Farm Field Loop at Trustom Pond NWR around 5:00 PM today – it caught what appeared to be a Meadow Vole, and played with it th
New Trip Report: Mexico
A really great report from Venkat Sankar, who spent 10 days in Mexico last month and saw a lot of cool endemics most of which I have never heard of! Mexico, 2016: 10 days & 4
Denali Road Lottery (private vehicles on main park road)
Alaska has great scenery but to see the most alpine animals, you might be better off with a combo trip to Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. Still, just as information, here&#
Bobcat at Trout Brook Valley Preserve in CT
While looking for some rare birds this am at the Trout Brook Valley Preserve in Easton, Connecticut, I had a large male Bobcat come out from a grassy area in the orchard by the blu
Barrow, Alaska October 22-24
I am guiding a personal tour to Barrow, Alaska, arriving there at 7:28 pm on Saturday October 22 and leaving at 7 pm on Sunday October 23. The cost is $450 pp. The airfares are ver
Carrizo Kangaroo Rats
<Posting on behalf of Gary Skipper> So I was able to try a nocturnal trip to Carrizo and it was a great success. Right before getting to carrizo I drove down the access road
Rhode Island news
I checked out Thurstom Pond NWR last weekend. The spike in small rodent numbers reported last summer by Jon and then Venkat seems to be over. In a few hours I found just one southe
Two new reports from the Sea of Cortez and Baja California
I am still – I hope – in Mongolia, so here is something I prepared earlier! Sea of Cortez, 2016 (April), 2016 : Naturetrek, 2 weeks & 15 species including Blue Wh
Sowerby’s Beaked Whales, Massachusetts
A pod of Beaked Whales that have been identified as Sowerby’s Beaked Whale were seen on the August 20-21 overnight pelagic trip run by the Brookline Birding Club. See photos