I need a bunch of miles to keep my status with United so I booked a quick trip to LA 10/4-10/6. I’m going to Santa Cruz island on 10/5 and hope the Gray Foxes at the campground put in an appearance, then run up to Carrizo Plain NM and hope a Kit Fox does the same. Getting another look at the K-rats there, and maybe a Southern Grasshopper Mouse or something, would be a plus.
I’d welcome some company if anyone is in the area.
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I was sent these four pictures and asked what species they are. Any suggestions?
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A great report from Don Roberson of a 3 week trip to Brazil with some fabulous photos. Highlights include Jaguars, Maned Wolves and Yellow Armadillos. Its linked at the bottom of http://www.mammalwatching.com/Neotropical/neotropicbrazil.html
Jon
A new report from Mark Hows of a week in Hungary. At the bottom of this page http://www.mammalwatching.com/Palearctic/palearcthungary.html. 32 species inlcuding Bechstein’s Bat, Black-bellied Hamster and Southern Birch Mouse.
Curtis Hart has redone his Sulawesi report – some great photos of Babirusas and other stuff
http://curtisfrommichigan.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/sulawesi-2009/
Maybe. I don’t know why they think that on the basis of a photo but we will see
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/09/21/elephant.shrew/index.html?hpt=C2
Hello Colleagues!
I am hoping to organize a wildlife trip to Yunnan this New YEar (my dates are 28 January 2011 through 06 February, 2011).
We are very interested in finding the various species below at the below locations:
1. Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey – Baima Snow Mountain
2. Phayre’s Langur – Wulien NR
3. Hoolock’s Gibbon – Gaoligongshan NR
4. Black-necked Crane – Napahai Wetlands
5. REd Panda – where ever!
Any information would be greatly appreciated: naturetraveler@msn.com
Cheers,
Coke
An extremely rare saola was recently captured by Laotian villagers, the first time this rare species has been recorded since 1999. Unfortunately, it died before it could be released. It has never been seen in the wild by biologists.
There was a brief discussion on this blog a few weeks ago about why scientists don’t pay more attention to the grey literature from us amateurs http://mammalwatching.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/hairy-nosed-otter-and-other-small-carnivores-photographed-in-sabah/
I just had an interesting exchange with a group of small carnivore specialists who had stumbled on my trip report from Java. http://www.mammalwatching.com/Oriental/orientindonesia.html
They were interested in the pictures I had taken of very pale Small Toothed Palm Civets in Gunung Halimun National Park. It appears that the Small Toothed Palm Civet in Java is almost certainly a different species to that found elsewhere, and one for which very few recent records are available (perhaps because though the animals I saw were easy to see in a spotlight they are much less likely to be picked up on camera traps). So my pictures will contribute to a note they are writing on the status of this species. But, as proof that some of my records are greyer than others, they let me know that what I thought was a Javan Warty Pig was just the local flavour of Wild Boar. I couldn’t find any pictures of Javan Warty Pigs and had based my ID on a description from a field guide, so they sent some pictures through of a rather different looking beast
http://www.zgap.de/pdfs/PROPOSAL_JAVAN_WARTY_PIG_dec_2007.pdf
I guess this all goes to show how important it is to take pictures whenever possible.
Jon
And here’s another report from Curtis Hart for 3.5 weeks in India. Highlights include Tigers, River Dolphins and Nilgri Tahrs.
Jon
