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 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 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...
by Thomas | Apr 19, 2020 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
After the really exciting sighting of the Leopardess in Kabini during an evening safari, the next morning, we went looking for the Leopardess, but she was nowhere to be found. All we came up with on the safari was this handsome Peacock perched on a tree trunk at eye...
by Thomas | Apr 5, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were photographing the Wild Dogs in Kabini when we got news that someone had sighted a Leopard on a tree. We just had half an hour to exit the park, when we reached the location where the Leopard was spotted. And there she was – a beautiful Leopardess...
by Thomas | Mar 22, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
While on an evening safari in Kabini, we spotted Wild Dogs, commonly known as Dhole, on the road. We stopped the vehicle since we know by experience that if undisturbed, Wild Dogs can come pretty close to the jeep. And also once they are comfortable, they can put up...
by Thomas | Mar 8, 2020 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
Kabini is one of our favourite wildlife destinations and the fact that its about 5 hours drive from home is an added incentive to head off there on a long weekend. On this morning safari drive, we spotted a Tusker – a male Asiatic Elephant, attempting to cross...
by Thomas | Feb 23, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
This post is in continuation from where we left off in the previous post where we sighted a Bengal Tigress during one of our afternoon safaris in Kabini. We had found her walking around nonchalantly, scent marking all along the way. And then somewhere she decided to...
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...
