Matt Miller and I were on the north rim of the Grand Canyon last week and I took a few photos of what I assumed was a Uinta chipmunk near the camp site. I didn’t realise at the time that Colorado Chipmunks are also present in the park. As our main target was Abert’s Squirrel we didn’t pay a lot of attention to this critter.
Would anyone like to say whether this animal is the Uinta or Colorado flavour?
Jon
Dave Pullan in the UK was good enough to let me know about a site in Japan for Japanese Marten which he visited at the start of this year. Its in Aomori Prefecture in northern Honshu and some details are at the end of my Japan page along with one of Dave’s pictures of a Marten. Nice looking things!.
http://www.mammalwatching.com/Palearctic/palearctjapan.html
Jon
Two new reports are linked at the bottom of the relevant mammalwatching pages
Northern Cape 2010: Matt and Maureen Steer, the first installment of a round the world wildlife trip. Some nice species including Black-footed Cat and a Honey Badger.
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Corbett and the Himalayan foothills 2010: Derek Shingles, 10 days and several mammals including a Tiger.
Jon
Thank you to Jean-Michel Bompar for sharing this…
This is a really nice example of how when one thing disturbs an ecosystem, all sorts of flow on effects can follow ..
Trojan Horse attack on native lupine: Tiny mice advance under of invasive beachgrass to feast on seeds of endangered plant (August 16, 2010) — At Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, Calif., a fierce battle is taking place between an invasive plant and a native plant, but one with a new twist. European beachgrass provides cover that allows a timid deer mouse to get close enough to the lupine to snip off stalks of lupine fruits without being nabbed by overflying birds. The two plants aren’t in direct competition, but the beachgrass in this indirect way threatens the lupine’s ability to survive. … > full story
A third excellent report from Sjef Ollers covering Sabah and Singapore, 2007 – 3 weeks & 35 species including Clouded Leopard, Flat-headed Cat and Hose’s Langur.
Sjef Ollers sent me two great reports for Brazil and Costa Rica
Costa Rica 2008: 3 weeks & 22 species including an Ocelot and a Long-tailed Weasel
South East Brazil, 2010: 3 weeks & 23+ species including several interesting prmates, Greater Grisons and an Orange Spined Hairy-dwarf Porcupine.
Jon
I put a couple pages together on my new blog. Mostly about lifers for me/where I found mammals others might want to know about.
Arizona/New Mexico is at http://wp.me/p12yCV-4
Alaska is at http://wp.me/p12yCV-9
Any comments are probably more useful here on Mammalwatching than on my site. I am just starting to figure WordPress out, so ….
John
Hi. I need to visit New Orleans soon for ten days and will have two or three days spare to look for mammals. Can anyone suggest locations, guides methods or local specialties to look out for. I can travel I around a bit. I am from Australia and have seen only a few North American species. thanks.
I was in Paraguay last week and had a lot of fun in the Chaco. A trip report is here http://www.mammalwatching.com/Neotropical/neotropicparaguay.html 26 living species including a couple of Mouse Opposums and the very strange Chacoan Peccary.
I’m going to the USA tomorrow but will add a few trip reports others have sent when I get back at the end of the month. Please keep them coming!
Jon
