Ferrets
Here’s my latest piece for The Nature Conservancy’s Cool Green Science blog, on black-footed ferrets. It’s based on my trip to see the ferrets with Jon Hall and h
ID help for south Texas rodent
There is a photo blind with a feeding station near the visitor’s center at Laguna Atascosa NWR ( just north of Brownsville). Right at dusk a very small, grayish mammal showed
Bat Blitz 2011
The Southeastern Bat Diversity Network will be doing a bat blitz in North Carolina July 31-August 4, 2011. There is a link for more information on their home page at: Home It might
Memphis – swamp rabbits, etc
I’ll be in Memphis, Tennessee in early January and have 2.5 days to explore the area. I’d like to visit the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, as IR
Mountain goat kills hiker
Not the kind of mammal encounter you’d want. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of someone being killed by a mountain goat before… Mountain goat kills hiker at
ID confirmation of a couple Carrizo Plains Rodents
I was out at the Carrizo Plain last week and did quite well, despite being limited to the paved road at the southern end, due to extremely wet and muddy conditions. I spent ab
Quick So Cal dog trip
I need a bunch of miles to keep my status with United so I booked a quick trip to LA 10/4-10/6. I’m going to Santa Cruz island on 10/5 and hope the Gray Foxes at the campgrou
New Trip Report: SW USA, Washington State and Vancouver Island
I spent the last week of August 2010 in the USA, with a quick visit to Vancouver Island, trying to see a few new things. Matt Miller came along for the SW bit of the trip and my ki
There was an old woman who swallowed a fly….
This is a really nice example of how when one thing disturbs an ecosystem, all sorts of flow on effects can follow .. Trojan Horse attack on native lupine: Tiny mice advance under
Notes on recent trips
I put a couple pages together on my new blog. Mostly about lifers for me/where I found mammals others might want to know about. Arizona/New Mexico is at http://wp.me/p12yCV-4 Ala