RFI: South America in December
Hi all, I might be traveling to Rio de Janeiro around New Years, and wanted to combine it with a mammal watching trip beforehand for about a week or so around Christmas. I wanted t
RFI: Self-guiding (Searching) Muriquis and Others
Hi everyone! My friend Uri who was with me recently in Bolivia is continuing his first, several-months-long South American adventure. He’s mostly a birder, but I’m tryi
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Ideas for Pantanal and Amazon Rainforest on very low budget (and without a car)
Hi all! As some of you may have gathered, I’m currently on a long backpacking trip in South America (unfortunately coming to an end this December). Over the next two months o
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Spotted Cat Ecuador camera trap ID
Hello dear mammalwatchers! I am currently doing fieldwork in Ecuador in Andean bears (Tremarctos Ornatus) and one of the camera traps caught a series of melanistic spotted cats.
Puma galore in Patagonia, May 2025
This is an illustrated report of my impressions of the Puma tracking tour in Patagonia, organized by www.wildlifewatchingexpeditions.com and guided by Mark Kaptein and Jillian Groe
Finca Villa Barbara in northern Colombia, home to many amazing animals
I have the incredible luck to actually live in this place and wake up to the sound of birds and howler monkeys. Our small organic farm and nature reserve has a beautiful area of tr