Hi. I am acting as a standby carer for my elderly parents on an Amsterdam to Budapest Rhine/Danube river cruise. I have a couple of spare days (and nights) in each of Amsterdam, Prague and Singapore. Can anyone point me in the direction of the less commonly seen mammls in those areas. I have seen [...]
Archive for March, 2009
RFI Amsterdam, Praque and Singapore
March 16, 2009Baja RFI
March 15, 2009Coke Smith is off to Baja next week. He’s mainly whale watching but I said I would post an RFI to see if anyone knows much about terrestrial mammal watching around there?
Jon
New Handbook of the Mammals of the World – 8 Volume Series
March 15, 2009On 1 April the first volume of a new 8 volume set of a Handbook of the Mammals of the World is released. The first volume covers the carnivores -with the remaining volumes coming annually. It looks like it should be excellent. It isn’t cheap but the best price I have seen is at NHBS.Co.UK [...]
Washington State Trip Report
March 11, 2009I had a couple of days mammaling around the Olympic Peninsula a week or so ago. A short trip report is here mammalwatching.com/Nearctic/nearctusawashington.html
Not so many mammals at this time of year but I did get to see a Mountain Beaver
Jon
Critically Endangered Cheetahs In Algeria Snapped With Camera Trap
March 3, 2009Critically Endangered Cheetahs In Algeria Snapped With Camera Trap (February 27, 2009) — A survey of the Sahara has captured the first camera-trap photographs of the critically endangered Saharan cheetah in Algeria. Overall, the survey identified four different Saharan cheetahs — a subspecies of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) — using spot patterns unique to each [...]
