by Thomas | May 1, 2022 | Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
This evening happened to be the best birding session that I have had at Coorg Wilderness Resort (CWR). What makes this session extraordinary is that we spotted five different species of birds in under fifteen minutes. And the icing on the cake is that each of these...
by Thomas | Apr 24, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Today was another productive day of birding at Coorg Wilderness Resort (CWR). Like I mentioned before, one just has to sit in the balcony of the luxurious suite of CWR and take in the glorious valley view. And birds will come calling at regular intervals. Here’s...
by Thomas | Apr 17, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
We have seen the Vernal Hanging Parrot an infinite number of times during our various escapades to the Indian wilderness. However our attempts to photograph them were unsuccessful, until we saw these tiny wonders feasting on the fruiting trees at Coorg Wilderness...
by Thomas | Apr 10, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
We take you once again to the secret luxury birding haven called Coorg Wilderness Resort tucked away in the town of Madikeri, Coorg, Karnataka. Let me tell you that Coorg Wilderness Resort (CWR) always has a pleasant surprise waiting for you. Soon after we checked...
by Thomas | Apr 3, 2022 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
On this drive in Kabini Backwaters in the famous Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India we came to a huge waterbody in the middle of the park. We waited to soak in the amazing tranquility of this waterbody, when an Asiatic Elephant, one with huge tusks, came by. We...
by Thomas | Mar 27, 2022 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
When you mention Kabini Backwaters in Nagarhole National Park, the first thing that comes to mind are the amazing sightings of Tigers, Leopards, Wild Dogs & Asiatic Elephants. But Kabini is also a fantastic place for birding, and it surely is one of the best...
by Thomas | Mar 20, 2022 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We chose to drive into the Kabini backwaters zone on this afternoon drive. We drove all around the Kabini backwaters with no sightings. Towards late afternoon we heard alarm calls of Chitals and Langurs. We were soon joined by a couple of more jeeps. Our guide pointed...
by Thomas | Mar 13, 2022 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We started our afternoon drive into Kabini Tiger Reserve and this time around we took the MM road to check for Tiger activity, given the hot afternoon sun. And we reaped rich dividends when we spotted this Tigress cooling off in the water that was collected in a check...
by Thomas | Mar 6, 2022 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were yet again in our favourite Jungle Lodges property situated on the banks of the Kabini Backwaters in the Nagarhole National Park. Soon we headed out on our first safari of this visit and we drove around the whole evening with no sightings of any mammals....
by Thomas | Feb 27, 2022 | Birds, Chikmagalur, Featured, India, South India
Chikmagalur turned out to be an amazing birding destination, as you would have seen from our previous post. But the cherry on the cake was watching and photographing a flock of Plum-headed Parakeets skilfully foraging or should I say harvesting paddy. It was...
