The Weekly Recap
Hello everyone, welcome back to the weekly recap:)
Starting off this week is Tina Greenawalt’s recent trip to Colombia focused on Northern Oncilla, of which she got some truly adorable photos. Other species seen include Andean White-eared Opossum and Frosted Hairy Dwarf Porcupine.
Murray Thompson’s trip to West Papua was short but sweet: despite the lasting PTSD that comes with missing the Western Long-beaked Echidna, he saw many other amazing species like a very cute Waigeo Cuscus, Dugong and Long-fingered Triok.
This report is of a specialist NextContinentTours trip to Vietnam in January. They got 26 species including Southern Pygmy Slow Loris, Small-toothed Ferret Badger, Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel and , and the report has some stunning photos!
Mark Hows’ weekend in Istanbul got him his targeted Persian Squirrel. His reports are always very nicely designed, so definitely check it out!
This post by Charles is a very helpful overall look at mammalwatching on the Gunflint Trail, Minnesota with tips on how to find species like Canada Lynx, Timber Wolf and North American River Otter.
Next is a Royle Safaris trip report from Uganda, for the “enigmatic and ghost-like” African Golden Cat of which they had 2 sightings! They also saw 59 other mammal species including the likes of Ruwenzori Red Duiker, Spectacled Galago and Mountain Gorilla. Check out the report for more details and great photos.
And finally another Royle Safaris report is up, this time from Sri Lanka – a family trip for the director Martin Royle to test out some new places. But despite it being a more relaxed trip they still saw many cool species like Fishing Cat, Sloth Bear and Grey Slender Loris.
If any of these reports have inspired you, Royle Safaris is also advertising a trip to Qinghai, China this summer (july/august). Their main targets will be the classics like Snow Leopard, Pallas’ Cat and Wild Yak. Take a look at the post if you would like more details, and you can also have a peek at the join a trip page if you want some more trip ideas.
Our next piece of news this week is something which has become a very touchy subject between my father and I. And that is…drumroll please… the newest episode of the Mammalwatching Podcast. You see, it is an interview with the 3 youngest mammalwatchers on the website: Ellen Linton (20), Bruno Kovacs Gomez (16) and Moses Swanson-Mwamasika (15). Now, I may be 21, and I may also vehemently refuse to label myself as a mammalwatcher, but I don’t see either of these as valid reasons to have been excluded. 😤 But all jokes aside (they aren’t jokes) it is a really interesting and entertaining episode (I’m being forced to say this) and I definitely recommend listening to it (only if you wish to betray all my trust in you). No pressure 😀
There are some updates to which species have been showing up at the winter feeders in Japan – for example, Sable are no longer appearing at Gasthof Papilio on Hokkaido, but there are still sightings of Japanese Squirrels, Sika Deer and Red Foxes. See the post for all the updates!
Some mysterious bats spotted in Sierra de Andujar have been shared here by Lars Michael Nielsen, who would love some ID help. And finally, David would like some advice on Sofirn brand flashlights as he wants to buy his first good one for nighttime photography.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
PS: everytime I write one of these recaps, my computer insists on underlining the word “mammalwatching” in red. And yet it has never done so for birdwatching… The day that red line finally disappears will be a big day for mammalwatchers! And a terrible day for me.
Cover photo: Waigeo Cuscus – Murray Thompson
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