by Thomas | Aug 9, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
This is the second part (you can read the first part here) of the sighting of the anxious sub-adult Tigress that we spotted in Kabini. When her calls weren’t answered by either her mother or siblings, the Tigress finally got up and walked off in the direction of...
by Thomas | Aug 2, 2020 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha
In the earlier post, when we described the sighting of the Tigress with a cub in Kanha National Park, we mentioned the Barasingha, whose distress calls led us to the Tiger. We decided to dedicate a full post to that incredible experience of observing a Barasingha in...
by Thomas | Jul 19, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
This was our last safari of this particular visit to Kabini and we hoped to catch a glimpse of a Tiger. Our wishes were granted in abundance when we sighted a sub-adult Tigress sitting next to a tree. It was clear that she was missing her mother and her two siblings....
by Thomas | Jul 12, 2020 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha
We were on an afternoon safari in Kanha National Park when we saw a Barasingha grazing in a waterhole. I was wondering how would a distress call of a Barasingha sound and enquired with the guide. With the guide describing how the distress call would sound, we drove...
by Thomas | Jun 28, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were on a late afternoon drive in the Kabini Tiger Reserve. Unfortunately for us, for most part of the drive, we didn’t have much luck with sightings. Then we came to a popular waterhole called Tiger tank that is known for its famous Tiger sightings. As we...
by Thomas | Jun 21, 2020 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha
While we had an amazing first glimpse of the Barasingha, when we entered the Kanha National Park – we saw the deer at a distance and wished he had been closer. That wish was fully granted as we were on our way out of the park. As we headed towards the park gates...
by Thomas | Jun 7, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
A few packs of Wild Dogs, popularly known as Indian Dhole, have made Kabini their home and every once in a while, during a safari you stumble upon them. On this trip to Kabini, we sighted one such pack of Wild Dogs on our first drive into the park. At first, they were...
by Thomas | May 31, 2020 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha
We entered the Kanha National Park on this cold winter morning, all excited since this was our maiden safari here. The main attraction of Kanha is its population of the Barasingha, also known as the Swamp Deer. Our agenda in Kanha was to observe and photograph the...
by Thomas | May 17, 2020 | Birds, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
On this safari into the Kabini Tiger Reserve, we spotted a Peacock who was just about to start dancing. We quickly got as close as we could without disturbing it and waited. The courtship dance of a Peacock, as it effortless and rhythmically moves its huge feather...
by Thomas | May 3, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
By now you would be feeling, here comes another post on that same Leopardess! We had been tracking this Leopardess for three days and had spotted it on the same tree again and again. On this morning safari in Kabini, we headed straight to the location where we had...