New Trip Report – Ecuador

And another one!

Sacha Lodge, 2013: Cheryl Antonucci, 1 week & 18 species including Tayra, Southern Tamandua and many primates.

Jon

New Trip Report – the Bahamas

Bahamas, 2013: Vladimir Dinets – some notes on the bats, cetaceans – including Blainville’s Beaked Whale- and hutias.

Jon

New tree-living porcupine species discovered

Here’s a story on a new Coendou Porcupine discovered in Brazil

With thanks to Paul Carter for send this to me.

Jon

New Trip Reports: Argentina and the Falklands

Two interesting new reports from an under-reported area.

Richard Webb, 2 weeks & 17 species with some great ones including Pampas & Geoffroy’s Cats, lots of Lesser Grisons and Tawny Tuco-tuco.

Falkland Islands, 2013: Dominic Couzens, 1 week & 7 species including Sei Whale, Commerson’s & Peale’s Dolphins. Interesting to see that Sei Whales are apparently so reliable here.

Jon

New Trip Reports: Blue Whales off Chile, and Orcas off (and on!) Argentina

Two short reports from Andrew Stanbury about cetacean watching off of south South America. Some great photos too.

Blue Whales, Chiloe 2009: Andrew Stanbury’s account of whale watching off of Chiloe.

Orcas, Peninsula Valdez, 2007: Andrew Stanbury’s account of watching the famous Orcas at Punta Norte.

Jon

New Trip Reports: Brazil and Peru

Two new reports from Latin America

Peru, 2012: Cheryl Antonucci, 2 weeks & species including Sechuran Fox and Northern (?) Mountain Viscacha. Plus help required for a couple of rodent IDs.

Brazil, 2010: Ian Loyd, 2 weeks & 21 species including 4 Jaguars.

Jon

New Trip Reports – Costa Rica & Florida/California

Two new reports on mammalwatching.com (both at the top of the “other trip reports” section at the bottom of each page)

Florida & California, 2013: Romain Bocquier, 10 days & 20 species including River Otter, Long-tailed Weasel and Bobcats

Costa Rica, 2012: Sarah & Andy Young, 2 weeks & 27 species including Olingo and Honduran White Bats.

Jon

New Trip Reports: Sichuan and Nicaragua

I’ve just added two interesting reports to mammalwatching.com

Nicaragua 2013: Fiona Reid Batwatch Tour, 8 days & 48 species on a great tour that included some stuff rarely recorded on trips, including some cool bats and rodents and, best of all in my opinion, a Water Opposum. Has anyone else seen one of these … if I remember right a Water Opposum is one of the first mammals to appear in the BBC’s “Life of Mammals” and I have been fascinated every since.

Sichuan, 2013: Coke Smith, 3 days & 10 species including Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, Takin, Goral and Tufted Deer.

Jon

New Trip Reports: Nicaragua and Poland

I spent the weekend before last in Nicaragua, mainly to try to catch some bats. And a short report is here.

And a report Bieszczady, 2013 from Tomas Willems and his account of 10 days in Poland with Bison and Wolf, plus Lynx tracks.

Jon

New Trip Report: Puerto Rico

I spent the weekend in Puerto Rico. I went for the beach but should have gone just for the bats, and came home with 6 great species including the brilliant Antillean Ghost-faced Bat. I’m going to Nicaragua this weekend to try to see the other – larger – Ghost-faced Bat.

http://mammalwatching.com/Neotropical/neotropicpuertorico.html

Jon