HMW Vol. 6 review, part 1.
I just received Vol. 6 of Handbook of Mammals of the World. I get it for free (long story), but since a lot of people probably can’t afford it, perhaps it would be a good ide
Alerts for new posts
Just in case you haven’t noticed, it is now possible to subscribe to get alert emails when new posts are made in the community forum here. Please let me know if there are a
Good places to see…
Jon Asked me to re-post my last few posts from the old forum so that they don’t get lost in transition; here they are: A good place to see flightless scalytails (and the orig
Close Encounters of the Furred Kind – report back from the British Bird Fair
Greetings from somewhere over the North Pole: I am on a plane bound for Tokyo and have some time to catch up on mammal stuff. I was at the British Bird Fair last weekend. It was
Pallas Cat video
I’m new here, at least in the forum as I’ve been following the site for some time. I found this brilliant Pallas Cat video on Terry Townsends blog Birding Beijing. I ha
Introducing Mammalwatching.com 2.0
Hello, After a lot of work – mainly from other people – the new mammalwatching.com is now live and appears, more or less, to be working. When building this we tried to
Karasu beaked whale in the Pribilofs
The yet undescribed karasu beaked whale, previously known only from Japan, washes up in the Pribilofs: article. We’ll be looking for it during our Bering Sea Islands trip nex
Scythebill – free software for keeping mammal records
I’ve been using Scythebill to keep my bird records for a while. The latest version now allows you to import lists of other creatures, and with Jon’s world mammal list
California news
If you want to see a California vole, they are currently easy to find in Rancho San Antonio county park near Cupertino. The area where they are best seen is along the Permanente C
East Coast updates
Trustom Pond NWR (RI): This was an awesome place. Jon Hall’s report on the abundant and diverse small mammals there still holds very true; I visited about a month ago (sorry