by Thomas | Jan 17, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We wanted to describe an interesting experience with Wild Dogs, commonly known as Dhole, in Kabini. While we were on this drive in Kabini, we spotted a pack of three Wild Dogs strolling ahead of us on the tracks. We stopped to take a picture of the three moving in...
by Thomas | Jan 3, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
In case you haven’t seen our curtain raiser post on Coorg Wilderness Resort, click here to get a preview of the amazing species of birds that you can photograph at this property. This post is dedicated to the untiring Malabar Whistling Thrush that we spotted...
by Thomas | Jan 1, 2021 | Africa, Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Nagarhole, Serengeti, South India, Tanzania
Happy 2021 to all of you! Keeping in line with our practice of reliving the best wildlife moments of 2020, we have put together a compilation of the best experience we had in each of our favourite locations. The best wildlife experience of 2020 has a clear winner in...
by Thomas | Dec 13, 2020 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
We had been to Coorg, many years ago and when the lockdown opened up, we decided to spend a few days to get over the lockdown syndrome. We picked Coorg Wilderness Resort as our destination this time and what an incredible find it turned out to be. Coorg Wilderness...
by Thomas | Nov 22, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
During one of our drives into the Bandipur National Park, we spotted a Tiger that was sleeping in the bushes. It did sit up for a minute and look at us before going back to sleep again. We waited patiently for him to come out of the bushes to drink water at the...
by Thomas | Nov 1, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
On one of our drives into Bandipur National Park, we spotted this male Shikra next to a waterhole. It should have come by to quench its thirst and gave us a few minutes to get a couple of pictures, before it flew away. The Grey-backed Shrike was an accidental catch. I...
by Thomas | Oct 11, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
As we were exiting the Bandipur National Park, in Southern India, our naturalist spotted this Sloth Bear scuttling across the state highway that running through the park. We caught this fleeting image of the Sloth Bear before it disappeared into the Lantana. We were...
by Thomas | Aug 30, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
How may of us who have visited Indian Forests have seen a Chital (Spotted Deer) or for that matter a Ruddy Mongoose. The resounding answer would be all of us. However if we check the same audience, as to whether they have seen a sub-adult Chital suckling its mother or...
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 | 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....
