by Thomas | Nov 17, 2013 | Animals, Corbett, India
After completing the check-in formalities and lunch at Dhikala forest lodge, we started our first safari of this trip into Corbett National Park. As we took a turn on the Sambar road we noticed a few Langurs sitting on the safari track a little ahead. As always I was...
by Thomas | Nov 10, 2013 | Animals, Corbett, Endangered Species, India
After the cold, damp and foggy weather in Dudhwa National Park, The bright and sunny Corbett National Park seemed like paradise. Thanks to Ritish and Minakshi, who had done all the arrangements including reservations, we were going to be staying at the Dhikala forest...
by Thomas | Oct 30, 2011 | Birds, Corbett, India
In one of our earlier posts on Corbett, we had talked about Corbett Wildlife Sanctuary. The camp is an excellent place to stay and observe birds right from the comfort of your verandah.We were having breakfast at the ‘Thatch’ when a Slaty Blue Flycatcher...
by Thomas | Apr 17, 2011 | Birds, India
During our last trip to Corbett we were able to photograph adequate species of Doves and Pigeons to finally be able to do this long overdue post on these winged beauties. Emerald Dove is one of the most beautiful Doves found in India. They are a widespread resident,...
by Thomas | Mar 27, 2011 | India, Places
We were flipping through our archives casually when we realized that we have many images of jungle landscapes that we haven’t posted at all. And that is how the idea to do a series on Wild Places was born. Going forward, through this series we want to bring you...
by Thomas | Mar 6, 2011 | Animals, India
The Chital or more commonly known as Spotted Deerare the most widespread of all Deer species found in the Indian Wilderness. The onset of the rutting season is an invitation to wildlife lovers to indulge in the sparring matches of the Chital stags. Sparring matches...
by Thomas | Feb 6, 2011 | Birds, Corbett, India
As mentioned in our earlier post, “Birding in Corbett – Part 2 of 4”, this post is dedicated to the White-Cheeked Bulbul, one of the common and most interesting bird species found in Corbett. This Bulbul commonly known as the Himalayan Bulbul is a...
by Thomas | Jan 2, 2011 | Animals, Corbett, Endangered Species, India
Here’s wishing all our blogger friends a Happy New Year 2011! We want to begin the year with the highlight of our trip to the Corbett National Park. An exciting sighting of a beautiful Tigress, named Nick ear, in the Bijrani range of the national park. We were...
by Thomas | Dec 26, 2010 | Birds, Corbett, Endangered Species, India
Wishing all our blogger friends Happy Holidays We hope that through this four-part series we were able to give you a glimpse of Corbett National Park as a birding paradise. As we were leaving, we vowed that we would be back there soon as there are so many more species...
by Thomas | Dec 19, 2010 | Birds, Corbett, India
Corbett is indeed a birding paradise and in this third part of the “Birding in Corbett” series we feature some more of the beauties that we sighted there. The first of the lot was the Crested Kingfisher, whom we chanced upon when we went on a quick evening...
