The Weekly Recap
Hello and welcome back to the weekly recap!
To begin this week we have a report from Ben W.’s trip to Western Australia. I was very pleased to read that he made his father suffer by dragging him on a mammal trip instead of the other way round… Some people are born lucky I guess. Anyway, he saw some cool species like Western Quoll, Honey Possum and Southern Right Whale.
Next is Marc Bozon’s latest Big Cat Year update: his trip to South Africa. He saw plenty of great species like Cheetah, Aardvark, and White Rhino, and I will leave it up to you to read the gripping tale of his search for the elusive Black-footed Cat…
Ian Rowlands’ trip report from Yukon, Canada has some great species like Grizzly Bear, Dall Sheep and Hoary Marmot, despite it not being a deliberately mammal-focused trip.
Andy Parks has shared his first mammal report! A short trip to the PNW, it features some great species like Mountain Beaver, Vancouver Island Marmot and Snowshoe Hare.
A lot of new trips have empty spaces this week if anyone would like to join! They (and many more) are all posted on the join a trip page if you’d like to window shop.
Cory Cravatta will be looking for primates in Vietnam for 2 weeks in January 2027, with room for 2 others to join.
1StopBorneo are running a trip to Sabah in April 2027. As someone who has been on one of these trips I highly recommend it — and I should hope that means even more coming from me… Or perhaps they put some sort of mammal love potion in the food.
Sustain Safaris are running a rare mammals tour to South Africa, where they will be targeting species like elephant shrews, Black-footed Cat, Southern Aardwolf and Heaviside’s Dolphin. The trip will be in March 2027, check out the post for more details!
And if you’d like to look for Sand Cats and Fennec Foxes in Morocco, Karen Czekalski is heading there in early December with Morocco Wild Lens and is looking for some people to join her.
A checklist of North American mammals has been kindly made by Raymie Miller. It is free to use and a fun way to keep track of your sightings!
Ian Kneepkens was in Colombia over the summer and spotted two different species of procyonidae. He now needs help figuring out which is a Kinkajou and which is an Olinguito!
And finally, Sophie Baumgartner has shared a post about a recent change to the entrance of Emas NP in Brazil. This park is already struggling to attract tourists due to its location, and the worry is that this new change (which will make coming and going more difficult for many) will harm it even further. If you share her concerns and would like to help, check out the post to see who you can contact.
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Thanks for reading:)
Katy
Cover photo: Marc Bozon
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