RFI – California Bats / Small Mammals
I am planning a trip to California most of the large mammal info is on Mammalwatching. I am after contacts for small mammal trapping and bat emergence, roosts etc. General r
New Trip Report: South East Arizona and a bit of New Mexico
I couldn’t spend a Labor Day long weekend at home, so I took a last minute trip to the Chiricahua Mountains on the Arizona/New Mexico/ Mexico border to see what I could find. I
Jaguars in the USA
Thanks to Coke Smith for sending me this link on efforts to protect Jaguar habitat in the US, and whether the money might be better spent elsehwere… http://www.nature.com/new
A few Florida Mammals
I got back yesterday from a long weekend in Florida. I was with my kids, mainly in theme parks around Orlando but I did spend a little time looking for mammals. Okeechobee is a cou
Vole Plague in Utah .. gardens “ravaged”, sidewalk “sinking”
This sounds like something out of an episode of “Parks and Recreation” but clearly the people of Farmington, Utah are traumatised! Lets hope the voles don’t lead
New Trip Reports – Big Bend (Texas) & Sri Lanka
Two new trip reports on mammalwatching.com Big Bend Bat Watch, 2012: Fiona Reid, 1 week & 20+ species including the fabulous Ghost-faced Bat, Townsend’s Big-eared Bat, Da
Blainville’s Beaked Whale Video off the Bahamas
Some great footage and thanks to Jean-Michel Bompar for sending me this http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TtEHjPb18ps Jon
Humpback Whales intervene to protect Grey Whale from Orcas
If you haven’t seen this then its an interesting read – Humpback Whales apparently trying to protect a Grey Whale being attacked by Orcas off Monterey http://www.digita
Zion Rodents – ID required
Here are a final set of photos from Jean-Michel Bompar of 4 rodents caught near the southern entrance of Zion national park. Animal 1 below had a HB length of 95mm and the tail was
Arizona Rodents – ID required
Jean-Michel Bompar sent me photos of 3 animals he caught at – respectively – Cottonwood, Wilcox, and SE of Wilcox all in AZ. All in sandy/bushy habitat. Would anyone ve