by Thomas | Mar 8, 2020 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
Kabini is one of our favourite wildlife destinations and the fact that its about 5 hours drive from home is an added incentive to head off there on a long weekend. On this morning safari drive, we spotted a Tusker – a male Asiatic Elephant, attempting to cross...
by Thomas | Feb 16, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
On this afternoon drive into Maasai Mara, we reached the general area known for the African Lion brothers – but they were nowhere in sight. However to our pleasant surprise, we spotted a pair of Pied Kingfishers. This is the last place in the world that I...
by Thomas | Jan 26, 2020 | Africa, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
Grey crowned cranes are found in most parks of East Africa, and we saw a pair of them not far from the safari road in Maasai Mara. We approached them carefully and switched off the engine as soon as they were in range of my 600mm f4. While foraging, one of the cranes...
by Thomas | Jan 19, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
I was resting in the sit-out of my cottage in Jungle Lodges property in Bandipur National Park when I spotted Munia’s flying back and forth from the next cottage. I instinctively knew that there was a nest somewhere on the roof of that cottage and it...
by Thomas | Jan 5, 2020 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We had a couple of days off and with the weekend round the corner, we headed off to Kabini Tiger Reserve, our favourite wildlife haunt close to home. We did the first two game drives and came back with a few keepers. The Muntjac, commonly known as Barking Deer, was...
