by Thomas | Feb 16, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
On this afternoon drive into Maasai Mara, we reached the general area known for the African Lion brothers – but they were nowhere in sight. However to our pleasant surprise, we spotted a pair of Pied Kingfishers. This is the last place in the world that I...
by Thomas | Feb 9, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
Like I said in my earlier post on visiting Bandipur during the monsoon – the wilderness has much more to offer, if you are willing to look beyond Tigers. And this sighting of a huge Tusker wallowing in sticky clay goes to prove that point and more. Not just was...
by Thomas | Feb 2, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were on an afternoon game drive in Kabini backwaters when we got news that a Tiger has been spotted near the power lines area. We got to the location, as quickly as possible, and there she was walking towards us. We quickly reversed and turned the vehicle around so...
by Thomas | Jan 19, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
I was resting in the sit-out of my cottage in Jungle Lodges property in Bandipur National Park when I spotted Munia’s flying back and forth from the next cottage. I instinctively knew that there was a nest somewhere on the roof of that cottage and it...
by Thomas | Jan 12, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara
A game drive in Maasai Mara, when you don’t spot any big cats, looks something like this. You will most likely see a herd of Impalas standing, normally with their backs to the sun, so that they can shield their heads in the shadow cast by their body. When you...
