Richard Webb’s trip report for 10 days in Sri Lanka last month is now on mammalwatching.com and linked to here http://mammalwatching.com/Oriental/orientsrilanka.html (see bottom of page)
He saw some nice stuff including both Rusty-spotted and Fishing Cats, Slender Loris and a Travancore Flying Squirrel, none of which I saw when I went there a few years ago
Jon
Archive for January, 2008
Sri Lanka Trip Report – Rusty Spotted and Fishing Cats
January 12, 2008Some Long-tailed Weasels
January 12, 2008I took these photos in July of 2007 in Glacier National Park. There were a least 11 weasels playing around this den. Occasionally one of the adults would return to the den with food.
I’m not sure what species of vole that is.
Not One but Six Giraffe Species Geneticists Say (maybe)…
January 10, 2008This is quite interesting though I think the jury is still be firmly out on whether there are in fact more than one species of Giraffe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7156146.stm
New Ethiopia Trip Report from Steve Anyon-Smith
January 8, 2008Steve Anyon-Smith was in Ethiopia in November for 5 weeks. He saw a stack of mammals including a Caracal, Striped Hyena and African Wildcat. And I thought the report is even funnier than his usual (very funny) reports.
Check out http://mammalwatching.com/Afrotropical/other%20reports/SASEthiopia%202007.doc
I’m returning to Ethiopia in a couple of weeks and will head to the Simien Mountains [...]
Picture of a Wombat at home
January 7, 2008Ben Phillips, a mate of mine in Australia sent me this great picture of a Wombat which he saw when he was camping near Goulburn (NSW) over Xmas.
The Mammal Watching Blog
January 4, 2008In 2005 I set up www.mammalwatching.com to provide information on where and how to see the world’s 5,000 or so mammals in the wild. I’ve started this accompanying blog to share some of the information that comes my way - often via those who look at the website – that doesn’t fit so neatly onto my site. Ok, [...]
