by Thomas | Oct 30, 2016 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Places, Reptiles
After a sumptuous lunch at Mara Serena, I was looking out into the Mara Savannah from the comfort of the verandah in my room. The uniqueness of Mara Serena is that it is the only resort to be situated within the Mara Triangle, on top of a hillock. And every room...
by Thomas | Sep 27, 2015 | Bandipur, Endangered Species, India, Reptiles, South India
After the exciting Leopard sighting in the morning, we eagerly embarked on the evening safari into Bandipur National Park. Everyone in the Jeep was scanning the Lantana’s edge on either side of the road during the safari, when suddenly the driver shouted;...
by Thomas | Aug 10, 2014 | Bali, Reptiles
I was on a short break to Bali and was staying at the beautiful Intercontinental resort property in Jimbaran, Bali. One afternoon I was lazing around at my hotel room and stepped out onto the balcony. While looking at the water body below, from the corner of my...
by Thomas | Sep 18, 2013 | Endangered Species, India, Katarniaghat, Places, Reptiles
After spending sometime photographing the Black-hooded Oriole, we headed to the boating point in the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary. The place wore a desolate look. This wasn’t that encouraging given the fact that we drove about three hours in foggy overcast...
by Thomas | Nov 18, 2012 | Bandipur, Endangered Species, India, Reptiles
One morning we were on a jeep safari into the Bandipur national park and we reached an area in the park where a Leopard was spotted the previous evening. So everyone in the jeep was looking into the trees trying to spot the cat. That is when our naturalist in the jeep...
by Thomas | Sep 2, 2012 | BR Hills, India, Reptiles
During one of my recent visits to BR Hills, I was photographing the Black Wood Spider when Sudhir, a well-known wildlife photographer, who was also there, spotted a Southern Flying Lizard glide through the air and land on the trunk of a tree close to us. We have seen...
by Thomas | Apr 29, 2012 | Reptiles, Sri Lanka
During one of our evening safaris in the Yala national park, we came to a waterhole where we saw a few Water Buffaloes and Painted Storks. All seemed calm at the waterhole with the Storks lazily fishing and the Buffaloes just cooling off. All of a sudden, we spotted a...
by Thomas | Dec 11, 2011 | Endangered Species, Reptiles, Sri Lanka
We have normally sighted Monitor Lizards on the forest floor in the Indian wilderness and always thought that one would sight them only on the ground. During one of our safaris into the Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, our naturalist spotted a Monitor Lizard sleeping...
by Thomas | Jun 19, 2011 | Bera, India, Reptiles
The Indian Star Tortoise is considered to be one of the most beautiful Tortoises in the world. The distinguishing radiating pattern on their carapaces make them the most sought after amongst Tortoise enthusiasts. Our first sighting of this beautiful species happened...
by Thomas | Aug 1, 2010 | India, Reptiles
The Peninsular Rock Agama commonly known as the South Indian Rock Agama is a species of Agama found around rocky hills of South India. While we are not much of reptile people, we didn’t want to let go of the photo opportunity that presented itself when this Rock...
