travel companion for wildlife watching
Hi I’m in search of a travel companion, who shares the same passion as me for wildlife watching and nature photography for possible future trips! I also enjoy trekking in th
New Trip Reports: Tibet & Southern California
Two more trip reports today More proof, as if I needed it, that I really do need to visit Tibet very soon! Tibetan Plateau, October 2014: Steve Davis’s excellent report of a
Stoat and Snow Vole
Jean-Michel Bompar sent me these really fabulous pictures of a Stoat with a Snow Vole that he took in the northern Mercantour in France. Tres cool! Apparently the Stoat emerged fro
Owyhee Backcountry Byway
After making a special trip to see pygmy rabbits earlier this year, this fall I finally saw one in Idaho, excellent views of one off the Owyhee Backcountry Byway. This road is exce
And some taxonomy…
Some taxonomy news: North American Water Shrew is a complex of three species (fortunately, I’ve seen all three); here’s a taxonomic review of Asian pikas. Vladimir Di
Winter chipmunks
If you go chipmunking in the Sierra Nevada, better do so in summer. By late October the chipmunks change into winter coats and become even more difficult to tell apart than in summ
Golden beavers
If you’d like to see the golden subspecies of American beaver (Castor canadensis subauratus), there is an amazingly tame population in downtown Martinez, California. Just par
THANK YOU JON (And Some Indian Mammals)
First of all, I can’t express my gratitude enough to Jon for putting together the amazing adventure, with a unique and diverse group of people, all of whom it was an absolute
Some recent articles
Hello all, I’m back from a successful Snow Leopard search in Ladakh. A report will follow soonish. Meantime here are three recent articles that I thought were good. Japan’s
Quagga Project
I know this project generates a lot of mixed feelings — it’s innovative to some, and an expensive gimmick to others. I wrote a blog about the effort to breed back quagg