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....
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...
