by Thomas | Nov 14, 2021 | Animals, Birds, Chhatrasagar, Featured, India, North India
We stayed a couple of nights at the gorgeous luxury tents of Raas in Chhatrasagar. Their location is spectacular – on the banks of the lake and you can see many species of birds right from the property. We took an evening drive into the grasslands and look at...
by Thomas | Nov 7, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Coorg Wilderness Resort is a birder’s paradise and a perfect location for near eye-level photography of the birds that perch on the canopy tops of Madikeri. Factors like professional DSLR, prime telephoto and tons of patience will help you get frame filling...
by Thomas | Oct 31, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Hill Myna has been on our list of birds to photograph for a very long time. They normally perch in the canopy, rarely coming to lower branches and its tough to find positions to get decent pictures of them. All that changed when we checked into Coorg Wilderness...
by Thomas | Oct 24, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
This was one of those morning birding sessions at Coorg Wilderness Resort that yielded rich dividends. I saw many species of birds and was successful in capturing pictures of a few of them too. However, the highlight of the morning was this Purple-throated Sunbird,...
by Thomas | Oct 17, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Coorg Wilderness Resort surprised me when I least expected it. I was patiently waiting to see if any of my winged visitors would pay me a visit. I was happy to spot this Malabar Barbet feeding on figs on the tree right next to my Suite. And then he paused to take a...
by Thomas | Oct 10, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Here’s another session of birding from my favourite location, Coorg Wilderness Resort. This time around I caught a flock of Malabar Parakeet that settled onto a tree full of pods that are known for their bitter seeds. I don’t know what’s with Malabar...
by Thomas | Oct 3, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Taking a break from work, I was relaxing in the sit-out of one of the suites in Coorg Wilderness Resort. In the short time that I spent there, I was able to photograph some of these winged wonders. All one needs to do is sit patiently, enjoy the serenity and the calm,...
by Thomas | Sep 26, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
I had setup my camera equipment on the balcony of one of the suites of Coorg Wilderness Resort and clicked these lovely beauties as they paid me a visit, all in the matter of thirty minutes. The resident Scarlet Minivet couple paid me their morning visit and I snapped...
by Thomas | Sep 19, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
We were on another trip to our favourite workcation destination in Madikeri, namely Coorg Wilderness Resort. Why is it our favourite destination – a luxurious property with reliable and high speed WIFI, delicious food, prompt room service and top notch standard...
by Thomas | Sep 12, 2021 | Animals, Bandhavgarh, Birds, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India
We were on our last safari in Bandhavgarh National Park and were hoping to sign off in style with a good Tiger sighting. We started off our drive and spotted this Langur with a young one clinging to it. Given that it was on the forest floor, it looked very anxious and...
