Central Texas, Easter 2021
I spent the Easter weekend looking for rodents in central Texas. Texas is, I often forget, really really big. At almost 3 times the size of the UK it is home to around 150 native m
Texas
Texas has some rugged country and visiting Big Bend National Park in 1998 was a long cherished ambition, as was seeing an Armadillo. I saw plenty of roadkill Armadillos - several c
South East Texas, 2020
Long long ago, in 2020 BC (Before Covid), I was about to take a trip to Texas to meet up with Plains Spotted Skunk researchers near Houston. I cancelled the trip at the very last m
New Trip Report: SW USA (mainly Arizona and New Mexico)
And Dominque Brugiere has now caught up on his trip reports! Thanks Dominque Arizona and New Mexico (plus California and Texas), 2018: Dominique Brugiere, 1 month and many mammals
Hog-nosed Skunking
I’ve been looking for an American Hog-nosed Skunk since the late 1990s. I’ve looked several times in Texas, New Mexico and Mexicowithout success, and was contemplating
New Trip Report: Texas and Arizona, 2017
Here’s a great report from Aidan Place who took a 19 road trip through Arizon and Texas and saw over 40 species of mammals. Not sure I understand his use of “of course&
Texas Ocelots
Here’s a great piece from Matt Miller on the first discovery in 20 years of an Ocelot den in Texas. Jon
Texas, 2014
I spent the 2013 Memorial Day long weekend in Big Bend Texas, catching bats with Loren Ammerman and her students. A year later I was back and once again the great people at the Ang
New Trip Report – Big Bend NP, Texas
I was in Big Bend for a couple of nights of bat catching and saw more than 18 mammals (11 of them bats) and 7 lifers including the brilliant Ghost-faced Bat, Western Yellow Bat and
New Trip Reports – Big Bend (Texas) & Sri Lanka
Two new trip reports on mammalwatching.com Big Bend Bat Watch, 2012: Fiona Reid, 1 week & 20+ species including the fabulous Ghost-faced Bat, Townsend’s Big-eared Bat, Da