Archive for August, 2009

New Trip Report – Switzerland

August 31, 2009

Another new Trip Report
Switzerland, 2009: Steve Davis and Karen Baker, 1 week & 7 mammals including a Ibex, Chamois and a Snow Vole.
http://mammalwatching.com/Palearctic/palearctswitzerland.html
Jon

New Trip Report – Yellowstone

August 31, 2009

Another nice report from Matt Miller – this is his recent trip to Yellowstone
Yellowstone: Matt Miller, 5 days & 19 mammals including Wolves, both bears and Otters. http://mammalwatching.com/Nearctic/nearctusawyoming.html
I am looking forward to meeting Matt in a few weeks and trying to find an American Badger
Jon

New Trip Reports – Borneo & Malaysia, Sulawesi & Indonesia

August 31, 2009

I’m sorry mammalwatching.com has been quiet for a while. I just got back from a very nice 6 week work trip to Italy, Australia and South Africa. But I was working… and, if you don’t count the Koala in Noosa, and the Humpback in Sydney, I only had time to look for mammals in [...]

Bat ID, Danum Valley Field Center.

August 10, 2009

This bat landed near me and I was able to take 2 pictures.  This was on a path less than 1/2 mile from the field center.  It was less than 2 hours after dark.  I think it is genus Rhinolophus, but that’s as far as I can get.  This was at Danum Valley in Sabah, [...]

Otters in Yellowstone

August 7, 2009

If you’re planning a trip to Yellowstone, a great place to see North American river otters–and otter activity–is at Trout Lake in the Lamar Valley.
Cutthroat trout move from the small lake to a tiny tributary stream in large numbers–in itself an interesting thing to see for naturalists. The otters hunt at the mouth of the [...]