2. There is a nice listserve called Marmam where interesting topics like the one above come up sometimes: https://lists.uvic.ca/pipermail/marmam/

3. I might be able to organize a July pelagic trip to the dropoff area south of Mississippi Delta. The price would be around $100-150. The area is not Beagle Channel and there might be nothing to see at all, but over the years people have recorded some really cool stuff including all species of sperm whales, huge herds of short-finned pilot whales, all spp. of Stenella, Bryde’s whales, beaked whales, etc. Would anybody be interested?

Vladimir Dinets

I see Vladimir saw a lot of rodents in the Chaco area, at the campsite. Any camping area in particular? We will be camping there. Any tips appreciated.

Cheers,Matt

Can anyone help with the ID of this bat, it was taken in Monterey in January. It is a largish bat with characteristic wing markings. My field guides don’t really help me, so any help appreciated

Thanks

Mark

I am planning to go to Sri Lanka later this year. Do you know any good places to see Grey Slender Lories and Red Slender Lories?

Your help would be very much appreciated!

All the best

Tobi

Emboldened by a change of government, heavily armed Sudanese poachers are slaughtering forest elephants en masse at a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Government of the Central African Republic and its international partners CAN stop the slaughter if they ACT NOW. Please help us push for immediate and sustained action.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/STOP_ELEPHANT_GENOCIDE_IN_WORLD_HERITAGE_SITE_DZANGA_CLEARING_CENTRAL_AFRICAN_REPUBLIC/?pv=10

Follow this link and Scroll down to read the report:

http://mammalwatching.com/Nearctic/nearctusacalifornia.html

Alan

Jon

Can you please have a look a these three and let me know if you agree my id:

The first was taken at Lake Manyara and I have G.Senegalensis and the last two were taken as Shimba Hills and Tsavo East respectively, which I believe are O.garnettii.

Many thanks for your help.

Jason

I set up the mammalwatching site and this forum to try to take some of the luck out of mammal watching. To try to increase people’s chances of finding what they were looking for. I’ve long had a theory that its possible to see just about every species of mammal in the world relatively easily (note easy is not the same as cheaply!) so long as we go to the right place at the right time and search in the right way. But for many species most of us don’t know where the right place is and so we rely often more on luck than judgement. Slowly we are discovering the right places and sharing what we find. And then, around those right places, a cottage industry of mammal tours can spring up which generally ought to help protect the species (though I know it can bring problems too). Twenty years ago when I started getting interested in mammals I think the idea of seeing a Snow Leopard, a Giant Panda, a Jaguar or even an Iberian Lynx were a pipedream. But now finding them is more than likely in Hemis, the Quinling Mountains, the Pantanal or Andujar. I wonder which of the megaspecies we are going to find sites for in the next 20 years? Sumatran Rhino? Okapi? Unicorn?

And for those who read, but don’t post, can I please try to encourage everyone to post whatever they want (within reason!). This site is meant to be for everyone and I’m thrilled when new people post, even if its just to say g’day or to suggest things I could do better or differently to make the site more useful.

So thanks again everyone.

Jon