Trip Report: Idaho and Oregon, May/June 2025
Report of a two week road trip through Idaho and Oregon. We saw a total of 18 mammal species with highlights including both Northern and Townsend’s Pocket Gophers, five groun
Rodent Recce, Northwest USA, August 2024
In August I took a whistle-stop tour around the northwest corner of the USA, from Boise, Idaho down to the Oregon/Nevada border and across to northern California via Oregon’s
New Trip Report: Great Squirrel Safari, USA, 2022
And a second report from Coke Smith, of a mammoth 12,000 mile road trip across 14 states. His daughter almost certainly now holds the world mammal list record among pre-schoolers.
Western USA: 2017
Here’s a new (old) report from Jan Ebr. California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah & NEvada, 2017: Jan Ebr, 4 weeks & 31 species including Grizzly, Wolf and a
Road Trip With Rodents: Mid-Northern USA
My two teenage kids – Patrick and Katy – spend each July in the USA with me. The days when I could drag them off – especially my daughter – on an intensive
Idaho
Although I knew Idaho was famous for its potatoes, trout fishing and scenery, I didn’t know much about its mammals until 2008 when I started corresponding with Matt Miller. It q
Pygmy Rabbit site near Bannack State Park, Dillon, Idaho
Thank you to Paul Carter for sending me the following report for a Pygmy Rabbit site in Idaho. Seems like its been a really good year for this species. Jon Reservoir Creek road tur
Ground Squirrels of the Pacific NW
Last weekend I thought I’d make a quick weekend dash from New York to Washington State to spend 48 hours trying to find four Ground Squirrels I’ve yet to see. It is ov