The Weekly Recap
Hello everyone and welcome back to the once again weekly recap!
This week saw the start of Marc Bozon’s Big Cat Year. His first stop was Sierra de Andujar and the Iberian Lynx, and it was a great one – check out the post for his story of 4 sightings!
Next was Ellen Linton’s trip report from Idaho and Oregon back in May. After hoodwinking her friend Bailey to join her on a “road trip” which conveniently turned into squirrel hunt and repeated gopher stakeout, she managed to see Townsend’s and Northern Pocket Gophers, 3 species of Chipmunk including Siskiyou, and 5 species of Ground Squirrel. And Bailey didn’t even try to poke her eyes out once with the gopher stick, so she is a stronger person than I.
Ellen also shared this report from 2 weeks in Arizona, this time with her family – with a huge 52 species, some highlights are the Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat, Southern Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mice, Mexican Woodrat and a worldly Burrowing Owl named Thompson. Check out both reports for entertaining reads and great photos:)
This report by Jan Ebr from the Dominican Republic includes 11 mammal species such as the strange and fascinating Hispaniolan Solenodon, West-Indian Manatee and Brown Flower Bat.
Next is Yonathan Perez’s autumn in Bolivia: with stunning photos and highlights like Giant Anteater, Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth, Jaguarundi and Ocelot, definitely take a look at the report.
A report by Flemming Versloot from a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia back in 2023 has a total of 23 species including Sunda Pangolin, Indochinese Ground Squirrel and Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat.
Zac Babbit has shared a report from a recent Enigmatic Wildlife Tour of Madagascar he ran, an epic trip with 51 species like the emblematic Aye-aye, Golden-crowned and Diademed Sifaka, Golden Trident Bat and Boky-boky. Check out the great report and try to ignore the fact it was actually a tropical birding tour…
And this week’s final trip report is Dalton van Leeuwen’s from Western Australia. It’s his first report (and a great one!), so we can welcome him to the dark side. Some species highlights are Quokka, Numbat, Western Quoll and Black-flanked Rock Wallaby.
Dangerously, this week there are not one, not two, but three! new trips being advertised. The first is 8 days in Estonia with Cat Expeditions in March, focused on photographing the Eurasian Lynx. With only two spaces, it’s perfect for a lucky couple wishing to test their relationship, friends hoping for an excuse never to speak again, or two strangers in search of a mammal-crazed soulmate… Or a father-daughter combo needing that final push towards patricide.
The next is an Ursus Expeditions Giant Panda trek through China in February, with just one space still free. Focused on developing tracking and photography skills as well as learning about the ecology and conservation of the area, even I must admit it does sound quite cool.
And the last trip is July 2027 in the Azores with Royle Safaris! Species include Sperm Whales, Short-finned Pilot Whales, Risso’s Dolphins and great rarities like Sowerby’s Beaked Whale!
Dave Robichaud would like some advice on connecting a lightning port T2 Pro Monocular to an iPhone with the new USB-C port, as it is not working with the adaptor he bought.
Diedert Koppenol will be travelling to Saudi Arabia in March and would like some general mammalwatching advice as well as specific tips for cetaceans around Farasan Islands.
And finally, Samuel Marlin saw a few mystery rodents and bats in Taï Forest, Côte d’Ivoire and would like some ID help!
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: adorable White-tailed Deer – Ellen Linton
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