by Thomas | Jul 25, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
A game drive in Maasai Mara is always exciting given the wide variety of birds and animals. On this drive we got within striking (photography) distance to get some lovely pictures of two of the Big 5’s and frame filling compositions of the Hadeda Ibis. The...
by Thomas | Jul 18, 2021 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Within a few hours of patiently waiting, from the comfort of the balcony of one of the suites at Coorg Wilderness Resort, I was rewarded with some lovely pictures of these winged visitors. It was just that the perches they frequently perched on were a little distant...
by Thomas | Jun 20, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
This Juvenile Malabar Whistling Thrush sat right outside my Suite in Coorg Wilderness Resort and kept calling for its parents. Fortunately it also gave me an opportunity to take enough and more pictures to make a portrait collection of his amazing whistler. Wow, what...
by Thomas | May 23, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The afternoon Monsoon showers drenched the canopy turning everything into a hyper saturated mode. I setup shop – read camera setup, on the balcony of my suite at Coorg Wilderness Resort in Madikeri and was soaking in the sautéed hues of the view when this...
by Thomas | May 2, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We spotted these Ground Hornbills forging in the tall grass as we drove into the Maasai Mara Reserve. They were not very far from the road and we stopped to observe them. Soon enough one of the Hornbills paused to check us out – helping in capturing this...
by Thomas | Apr 25, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
This evening in Coorg Wilderness Resort, we were treated to a magical spectacle. The Malabar Whistling Thrush that was nesting on the ledge of the neighbouring Suite decided to put on a show for us. As the evening approached and the sunlight started fading, this...
by Thomas | Apr 4, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
During one of our evening game drive in Maasai Mara, we had a chance sighting of a Steppe Eagle. It was equally surprised to see us at such close distance, before it flew away. Given that this visit to Mara was many months after the Annual Migration was over, the...
by Thomas | Mar 28, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
We woke up to this beautiful view in Coorg Wilderness Resort. We just sat there sipping coffee and taking in this gorgeous ambience. As the fog started to clear up, the avian species made a pitstop on one of the main perches on the canopy. I patiently waited and...
by Thomas | Feb 28, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The catch of the day at Coorg Wilderness Resort was the Black-lored Yellow Tit, simply because of the amazing picture that I got as it took flight. I first heard the noisy bird before I caught it with my camera. It’s such a small bird and also pretty skittish. I...
by Thomas | Feb 14, 2021 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were on a morning safari in Kabini and we stopped by to get a picture of an Asiatic Elephant with huge tusks. We first spotted him when he was following a herd of females. Then when he stopped, we got a couple of portrait pictures of him, before we headed off. We...
