The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!
This week started off with my dad’s report from a couple days in East Java. 16 years after his first attempt he finally got to see his Javan Warty Pigs, as well as East Javan Langurs and an incredible Sunda Pangolin sighting!
He also posted this report from Sumatra with Pen-tailed Tree Shrew, Leopard Cat and Prevost’s Squirrel – so pretty successful despite the failed attempt to see Sumatran Striped Rabbits.
The next was Jan Ebr’s report from 15 days on the Yucatan Peninsula, where he saw 20 species including the likes of Gaumer’s Spiny Pocket Mouse, Yucatan Black Howler Monkey, Central-American Agouti and some Jamaican Fruit Bats he had to swim to, which sounds like quite an adventure.
Anna Bauerová spent a day in Nairobi NP – check out the report here. Some species she saw include Olive Baboons, Hippos and Southern White Rhinos.
This trip report by Valentin Moser from Beaked Whale watching in Genoa and the Azores features Striped Dolphins, Cuvier’s and Blainvilles’ Beaked Whales and a few more cool cetaceans.
Lewis Burnett has shared his first ever trip report on the website, from Dryandra Woodlands NP, Australia. Mainly focused on Numbats, it is full of absolutely stunning photos of these and some other mammals like Western Quoll and Red-tailed Phascogale, and of the woodland itself. Definitely worth a look!
Next is a week’s trip to Kuala Lumpur by Vsevolod Rudyi, with 11 species (10 lifers!) such as Dusky Leaf Monkeys, Asian Palm Civet, Black Giant Flying Squirrel, and also a very cute Norhayati’s Flying Frog.
M. Herold has shared a little prequel to their upcoming Kenya trip report where they went on a hunt for Hirola (spoiler: they found some), mainly to give a few tips.
And finally someone else also shared a brief report, this time from Taman Negara, Malaysia, about finding the Malayan Tapir.
Enigmatic Wildlife Tours are running their last ever trip to Gobi-A, Mongolia next June – the only place to see the critically endangered Bactrian Camel. They’ll also be looking for Pallas’ Cat, Marbled Polecat and Least Weasel among others. And if you want to browse some different upcoming trips, check out the join a trip page.
Thomas M. Butynski and Yvonne A. de Jong have shared the findings of their antelope survey of Northern Kenya from the past year or so – check it out here if you’re interested.
In this week’s advice column, Sunny Zhang would like some advice on how to see a few species in Jianfenling Reserve, China. Johannes Bu wants to know where to see Pyrenean Desman, and lastly Thomas Maunders is asking for some mammalwatching advice for Hong Kong.
Steve Babbs has posted a photo of a mystery rodent from Ethiopia and needs some help IDing it.
Finally, for those of you who are new to the website or equally as tech-savvy as my father (a polite way of saying “less than you think you are”), check out this post for a guide to using the website and some features you might not have known about. And speaking of technical issues, this post mentions a glitch with not receiving emails when someone replies to your comment, although it has hopefully now been fixed!
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: Numbat trio – Lewis Burnett
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