Tiny Trip Report – 2.5 Hours spotlighting for Caracals in Southern(ish) Israel
We set out to find a Caracal, which is the animal of the year (in the Tomerian Calendar). Here is the report: Mission-Caracal – 1st attempt
Trip to the UK first week of February
We are planning a short trip to the UK in two weeks. After visiting my sister-in-law in London, we have about 5 days left to explore the country by car. Maybe some of you can give
Publishing observations
Many regular visitors of this forum are experienced naturalists who travel to little-known places and make a lot of interesting observations, but apparently few people ever publish
Encounter with a Zanzibar Servaline Genet
Happy New Year to all members of this blog! I have the following story as a followup to Valdimir’s last post regarding amateur mammalwatching: Last month I had the mammal thr
Mammalwatching paper
Dear All, I am writing an essay about current and potential importance of amateur mammalwatching for science and conservation; I’ll probably submit it to Conservation Biology
Some Tasty Endangered Apes
How many of those have you tasted? (There is an attached video. Sometimes it takes a minute to load…) https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152852541113236 Ok perhaps this i
2014 in review
Dear all I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays whatever religion you choose to follow or ignore. 2014 has been a fun year for me with highlights including a Solenodon and a Snow
A Mammal Watching Master List
A few weeks ago we discussed the idea of drawing up a global list of mammals that people could use as a basis for a life list. See the discussion here. Thank you everyone for the c
North American news
Dear All, 1. A new checklist of North American mammals has just been published. The authors team included a co-author of many recently proposed changes in shrews, deer mice, and v
“Pizzlies,” Snow Goose Diets & Polar Bears
My compilation of some of the recent studies, media coverage and debates around polar bears.