by Thomas | May 28, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Birds, Featured, Kenya
The last bird that I photographed on the very first game drive in Amboseli was the Grey-headed Kingfisher. I had spotted this bird just behind my room at the lodge. It was then that my driver and guide pointed out that the lodge was indeed the best place to photograph...
by Thomas | May 14, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya
The huge swamps of the Amboseli National Park attract many species of birds and we saw numerous birds and photographed a handful of them. The most beautiful of all the birds we photographed was the Malachite Kingfisher, no wonder it made it as the feature picture even...
by Thomas | Sep 25, 2016 | Africa, Birds, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We wanted to do justice to the birds of Maasai Mara with this post comprising of some crisp portraits of the Avian species found there. First on our list is the Brown Snake-eagle that we spotted as we headed out on one morning safari. The golden morning light seemed...
by Thomas | May 29, 2016 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After photographing the Green Imperial Pigeons to my heart’s fill, I sat down along one of the pathways in the resort to check the pictures. As I did that, from the corner of my eyes, I noticed that a flock of Red-whiskered Bulbuls had descended on a flowering...
by Thomas | May 15, 2016 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
The Barefoot resort in Havelock Island is dotted with the Fish-tail Palm tree. And one of the birds that one can see feeding on the fruits of the tree, is the Green Imperial Pigeons. I kept missing the opportunity of photographing them while feeding on the fruits of...