by Thomas | Feb 20, 2022 | Birds, Chikmagalur, Featured, India, South India
After many years, we made a trip to Chikmagalur. We first stayed at Primrose Villas for a few days and then at the more remote Flameback Lodges. Both the places turned out to be birding havens and we came back with frame-filling compositions of these small wonders....
by Thomas | Jan 9, 2022 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
Ranthambore National Park is home to many species of birds, and its unfortunate that most of us are only after the the majestic Tigers and we were no exception to this rule. However, we did take a few pictures of some of the birds in the park, that we have complied in...
by Thomas | Jan 2, 2022 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
Wishing all our readers a very happy 2022! Continuing with our series on Ranthambore National Park, in today’s post we feature the Eurasian Eagle Owl – a not so easy species to photograph. However, we were treated to an amazing sighting of them in...
by Thomas | Dec 19, 2021 | Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
We were driving around in Ranthambore National Park on a morning safari, when we heard alarm calls of a Sambar Deer. We turned around and headed in the direction of the alarm calls. This part being a hilly terrain, our progress was slow and when we reached the area of...
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 Loten’s 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...
