The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!
The first trip report of the week was Mark Spence’s from Danau Sentarum NP, Borneo where he went to search for the Tricolour Langur. He was very successful, with great sightings and photos.
Next is a report from New Zealand by Mark Hows. Despite being mainly for birds, he still saw 12 mammal species including Bryde’s Whale, European Hare and Orca.
Jacob Zinn’s trip to Colorado and Nebraska got him 6 new mammal species, including Pronghorn, Black-tailed Prairie Dogs and Mule Deer, and some very pretty photos.
This trip to Paraguay last year gave Daniel Branch and Max Baumgarten 28 mammal species including multiple Geoffrey’s Cats, Jaguarundi and South American Tapir. The report is great so definitely check it out!
And the last trip report is from John Goldie’s week on the coast of NSW, Australia. With 19 species including the targeted White-footed Dunnart along with Australian Bush Rat and Sugar Glider, it was very successful!
There will be two trips to the DRC this September to see Bonobos, Wolf’s Monkey, and even the Congo Peafowl – which you know must be a cool bird if even my dad is putting aside his pride to mention. Check out the post for more info.
A mega adventure to West Papua with Carlos Bocos and my dad is brewing. They will be searching for “lost mega mammals” like the Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus, Attenborough’s Echidna and Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo, as well as the hope of yet again finding some undiscovered species. They are looking for 4-5 people to join them in February of next year, so have a look at the post if you are interested and don’t hesitate to send an email!
The latest episode of the Mammalwatching Podcast has dropped. An interview with Nick McPhee from Nick’s Adventures Bolivia, it’s full of tales from mammalwatching in Bolivia and funny stories that probably made my dad slightly less ashamed of his own embarrassing moments.
Coke Smith has shared part 2 of his case studies of Thailand’s biggest biological hotspots: this one is of Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (see part 1 here). Like the previous one it is an amazing source of information covering not only the mammals but birds, plants, insects, etc, and the amount of work he has put into it is very clear.
Finally, a few book reviews to check out! The first is Bats of the World: A Guide to Every Family by Winifred F. Frick and M. Teague O’Mara that gives information on everything from conservation to identification. The next is The Rise of Mammals in Africa by Emmanuel Gheerbrant covering the origins and evolution of, well, mammals in Africa. And finally is Habitats of Australia: A Field Guidefor Birders, Naturalists and Ecologists by Iain Campbell, Charley Hesse and Phil Gregory in which you can learn the importance of identifying habitats for mammalwatching.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: Plain Viscacha – Daniel Branch
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