by Thomas | Oct 21, 2018 | Birds, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
It was the rainy season and just before we started the afternoon safari towards the Kabini backwaters, it had started raining. Given the all round dampness I was wondering if we were going to draw a blank in terms of wildlife sightings. We drove deeper into the...
by Thomas | Sep 23, 2018 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
On this safari into the Kabini backwaters, we drove on the abandoned stretch of MM Road, which has been blocked off for many years given that wildlife criss-cross this road as they go back and forth from the Kabini Backwaters. First, we encountered a Macana or...
by Thomas | Aug 26, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
We were on an evening safari in the Kabini Tiger Reserve and we spent a whole 2.5 hours with no sightings except for a fleeting view of an Elephant with her calf, both of whom vanished into the Kabini undergrowth in a jiffy. We just had 20 minutes to exit the park...
by Thomas | Jul 29, 2018 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
We have often heard the vociferous Malabar Pied Hornbills in many national parks in India and then followed their noisy calls to spot them. However, Pied Hornbills are very shy birds and rarely sit quietly, especially on lower branches, making it a big challenge to...
by Thomas | Jul 8, 2018 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India |
On this trip to Kabini, we were greeted with showers, given that it was the monsoon season. The great thing about monsoon is that the forest is transformed and the color saturation is at a new high. As we entered the park, we saw a huge tusker standing beside a tree....
