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 | Jul 11, 2021 | Animals, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
Spotted Deer, commonly known as Chital, are omnipresent in the Indian Wilderness and you get to see them in big herds by the Kabini Backwaters, in Nagarhole National Park. If you spend some time observing them, you might get rewarded with some amazing photo...
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 | Jun 6, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
On this safari into Kabini Tiger Reserve, we spotted a pack of Wild Dogs. It was just three of them, an Alpha Male and Female and one other pack member. We first spotted the lone member running towards us right in the middle of the road and we stopped to look for the...
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 9, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
The pe-monsoon showers had turned Kabini into a lush green paradise and the ambience looked splashed with extra saturation of colours wherever you looked. This is also the rutting time for the Chitals and squabbles amongst probable suitors. We saw a couple of Chital...
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 11, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
As we were exiting the Kabini Backwaters during one of our evening safari’s there, we spotted this huge tusker that was foraging among the woods. He stopped to take notice of us, giving us an opportunity to observe his massive tusks. The sighting of this tusker...
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 | Mar 14, 2021 | Animals, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were on an evening safari in Kabini backwaters and were passing through an area, when we got the stench of an old carcass. And soon enough we spotted a Red-headed Vulture – one of the prime scavengers of the Indian forests. We caught a couple of pictures...
