by Thomas | Feb 21, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After photographing the Green Imperial Pigeon, I followed Sanjit’s tip and ventured to the rocky end of Radhanagar beach in Havelock in search of the Collared Kingfisher. Once I reached the area, I looked around for over thirty minutes, but could not spot any...
by Thomas | Feb 7, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After a full day’s rest, I headed out on my first birding trek at Barefoot resort in Havelock Island. About 15 minutes into the trek towards Niel’s Cove, I soon realized the weight of my arsenal, namely – my D700, 300mm f2.8 lens with 2x TC,...
by Thomas | Dec 13, 2015 | Africa, Birds, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
After our early morning game drive in Masai Mara Reserve, we were headed for the special bush breakfast by the Hippo pool when we spotted a Crowned Plover by the side of the tracks. We stopped to take a picture when our naturalist spotted small chicks of the Crowned...
by Thomas | Nov 29, 2015 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
We started our first game drive of this Masai Mara safari and almost immediately saw a small herd of African Elephants. While we photographed them (above), the Matriarch of this herd came up close and we switched over to my D700 mounted with the 300mm f2.8 with 2x TC...
by Thomas | Aug 23, 2015 | Birds, India, Kaziranga, North East India
The Northern Lapwing is a beautiful bird. We always wanted to showcase them, especially their gorgeous crest. So on this visit to Kaziranga, we made it a point to dedicate some time to photograph them. The feature picture (first picture) of this post was one of the...
by Thomas | Aug 9, 2015 | Birds, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga, North East India
We were on our last safari in Kaziranga National Park. Our focal point of this safari was to spot the endangered Bengal Tiger that we had narrowly missed on the previous two safaris. With renewed vigor we kept our search on for the elusive cat. While we waited for the...
by Thomas | Aug 2, 2015 | Birds, India, Jorhat, North East India
The purpose of staying at Thengal Manor was to visit the Gibbon sanctuary and also bask in the creature comforts that the colonial bungalow offers. After getting back from the Gibbon sanctuary and having a leisurely breakfast I walked around the vast gardens of...
by Thomas | Jul 12, 2015 | Birds, India, Kaziranga, North East India
The last time we got a good picture of a Stork-billed Kingfisher was at Thattekad bird sanctuary, way back in 2007. A picture of it was posted in the popular post titled Kingfishers found in India. During our last trip to Kaziranga, a few years back, we did see them a...
by Thomas | Jun 21, 2015 | Animals, Birds, Great Rann of Kutch, India, Western India
Our road trip to the Rann of Kutch culminated in the Rann Utsav at the edge of the White Rann. While we stayed at Rann Utsav, we decided to go birding in the Chari Dhand Wetland Reserve bordering the Banni Grasslands that is part of the Great Rann of Kutch. We took a...
by Thomas | Jun 14, 2015 | Birds, India, Kaziranga, North East India
A pair of Crested Serpent Eagles were perched on a high branch of a dead tree and they made a beautiful partial silhouette composition against the brightly lit blue sky. We made it the feature image of this post. As we were exiting the Eastern range of Kaziranga...
