Road Cruising Central Washington – May 2025
A two night expedition cruising rural roads around Kittitas, Douglas, and Okanogan counties in search of small rodents. Highlights included WHITE-TAILED JACKRABBIT, WASHINGTON GROU
Muskrat in Action
This morning I visited Closter Nature Center in Closter, New Jersey, for some birding. There’s a series of artificially dug canals next to the main road, providing excellen
Anyone want to look for polar bears, seals and more in northern Alaska?
I just got back from two trips to Baffin Island where I had great success (one trip with 10+ sightings) and massive failure (a trip with zero sightings) in seeing polar bears. I wa
Join me in Baja California Sur, Mexico in search of Dwarf Sperm Whales (Kogia) June 16th, 2025!
Following in the footsteps of Jon Hall (as so many of us do) I’ll be attempting to nab another Family Lifer in the form of Dwarf Sperm Whales. I’ve reserved a 6-hour boat trip
Sea Otters and Whales of Monterey Bay – Whale Expeditions – Trip Report 2024
During our annual Whale Expedition’s sea otters and whales of Monterey Bay photo tour, we had fantastic sightings of lunge-feeding humpbacks, breaching whales, and mating sea ott
Bobcats of California – Cat Expeditions – Trip Report 2024
We led a private bobcat tour in early December where we saw over twenty bobcats! Check out the report to see more details and some photos!
Recommendations for where to see/photograph swift fox and kit fox in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
I need recommendations for where to see two species of fox – the kit fox and swift fox. The kit fox is a desert animal and should be in desert regions of Utah and Arizon
California Mammal Big Year & Site/ID Guides
Over 2024, Nicole Haseley and I did an “accidental” mammal big year across the US state of California. We saw 150 mammal species (~70% of the total in California) inclu
Carrizo Plain Overnight: Squirrels, squirrels
Carrizo Plain Overnight Squirrels, Squirrels, and More Squirrels! Carrizo Plain National Monument, Santa Margarita, CA | March 24th-25th, 2025 By minkprowl SPECIES *Giant Kangaroo
RFI: Finding Hoary Bats?
Around this time of year, I enjoy looking for Red Bats roosting in beech leaves in the Eastern US. The congeneric Hoary Bats also migrate through the region. I’ve read that t