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 | Feb 9, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
Like I said in my earlier post on visiting Bandipur during the monsoon – the wilderness has much more to offer, if you are willing to look beyond Tigers. And this sighting of a huge Tusker wallowing in sticky clay goes to prove that point and more. Not just was...
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 1, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Bandipur, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Nagarhole, South India, Tadoba
We wish all our readers a very Happy New Year! In this blog, we share our “Best Wildlife Experiences” of 2019. Maasai Mara, Kabini, Bandipur and Tadoba have been our favourite wildlife destinations and that’s probably why they are featured in this...
by Thomas | Jun 23, 2019 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
After the spectacular sighting (Cat walk in Bandipur) of the male Leopard, we headed to the other side of Bandipur National Park and when we were exiting the park, we saw this huge boulder hidden in the Lantana, read Elephant. We switched off the engine and waited to...
by Thomas | Jun 2, 2019 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
This particular evening safari in Bandipur was an adrenaline rush given that we heard the alarm calls of a Barking Deer. Then we heard what looked like a struggle inside the bushes and then silence – which only meant that a predator had killed the Barking Deer....
by Thomas | May 5, 2019 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
We drove into Bandipur on this morning safari and yet again spotted a beautiful Leopard that was sitting on a tree. The leopard was in no mood to get off the tree and that presented a lovely sighting. Leopard on a tree in Bandipur Leopard on a tree in Bandipur...
