I read a post by Curtis Hart on Lonely Planet in which he reported seeing a black-footed ferret on a ranch in Arizona. I didn’t even know black-footed ferrets could be found there. Is this ranch open to the public? Any other good ferret watching spots?
Archive for October, 2009
Black-Footed Ferrets – Arizona?
October 30, 2009Lost Land of the Volcano – Videos of new species of Cuscus and giant Rat
October 17, 2009This is old news, but here are some nice clips of two – apparently new mammals – that were discovered during this BBC doco in PNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LogVmP7HpA&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uP-kOPirdg&feature=channel
New Trip Reports Scotland and Finland
October 17, 2009A couple of new trip reports are up on mammalwatching.com at the bottom of the pages linked below
Ardnarmurchan Peninsula, Scotland 2009: Mike Richardson, 1 week and 17 species including a Wild Cat this time.
Finland 2009: Derek Shingles, 2 weeks and 7 species including a Saimaa Ringed Seal and Raccoon Dogs.
keep them coming! Jon
Bats in London
October 16, 2009Near the bank of the River Thames at Richmond one evening we watched bats in the dusk. There were two distinct types; one was small, about the same size as I’d “expect” UK bats to be, having seen plenty in country lanes on evening walks before. But the other type was much larger in comparison [...]
Trip report: Mull, Scotland
October 16, 200919th-26th September 2009
We spent a week on Mull, based in the south-east which gives the best access to all parts of the island. The weather was almost entirely overcast, with rain on all days and westerly winds. The island is best explored by car, as there are relatively few good paths or trails in many parts.
Red [...]
New Trip Reports – South Africa & Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion
October 9, 2009Stefan Lithner from Sweden sent me a couple more reports
South Africa 2002: 1 month & 60 mammals which is at the bottom of
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Afrotropical/afrosouthafrica.html
and
Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion 2008: 1 month & 47 mammals
which is at
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Afrotropical/afrotropmadagascar.html
Leopards in protected areas in West-Africa
October 8, 2009Dear all,
I am currently working on a study regarding the distribution of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in Africa and I would like to ask you if you have got any information on its occurrence in protected areas especially in Ghana or other parts of West Africa?
Thank you for your support,
Peter
Dear all,
I am currently working on [...]
Mystery Mustelid in Sichuan
October 8, 2009Gillian Whittaker sent me this photo she took on Mt Emei Shan in Sichuan and wondered what species this is. It was quite large – with a HB 25cm or more (so definitely too large to me M. nivalis)
I have never seen Siberian, Mountain or Yellow-bellied Weasels but it doesn’t look much like the [...]
Bats of China website
October 7, 2009Ian Adam just sent me this site covering all the bats of China with some good pictures and other information.
Its a useful resource
New Trip Report – Idaho and Washington State
October 6, 2009I just got back from a few days in the north west USA. In Idaho I saw – thanks to Matt Miller – an American Badger. In Washington State I saw a Northern Flying Squirrel.
The Idaho report is here
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Nearctic/nearctusaidaho.html
and updates to my Washington page are at the bottom of
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Nearctic/nearctusawashington.html
Jon
