by Thomas | Jan 1, 2017 | Africa, Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Havelock Island, India, Kenya, Maasai Mara, North India, Ranthambore, South India, Valparai
Here’s wishing all our friends and followers of Walk the Wilderness a Happy New Year 2017! At Walk the Wilderness, we usher in the New Year with this post of the Best Wildlife Experiences of the year gone by. 2016 has been a fantastic year for us with...
by Thomas | May 29, 2016 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After photographing the Green Imperial Pigeons to my heart’s fill, I sat down along one of the pathways in the resort to check the pictures. As I did that, from the corner of my eyes, I noticed that a flock of Red-whiskered Bulbuls had descended on a flowering...
by Thomas | May 15, 2016 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
The Barefoot resort in Havelock Island is dotted with the Fish-tail Palm tree. And one of the birds that one can see feeding on the fruits of the tree, is the Green Imperial Pigeons. I kept missing the opportunity of photographing them while feeding on the fruits of...
by Thomas | May 1, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After running behind a pair of Collared Kingfishers and photographing them to my heart’s fill, I reached the area near Neil’s Cove where I had seen the Stork-billed Kingfisher. While I did not spot any Stork-billed Kingfishers, a hunting group of Small...
by Thomas | Apr 17, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After my first photo session with the Collared Kingfisher, I fell in love with the small wonder and I was actively looking for it whenever I was on the beach. And this evening on Neil’s Cove I spotted one sitting on a rock by the water’s edge. Given that...
by Thomas | Apr 3, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After the long and tiring trek to Neil’s Cove this morning, I decided to take it a easy the rest of the day. I ended up birding within the Barefoot resort property and it turned out to be a blessing in hindsight. Barefoot was a birding paradise. As I was...
by Thomas | Mar 20, 2016 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After the fantastic birding at Radhanagar beach, Havelock Island the previous evening, I headed towards Niel’s Cove in the morning in search of the elusive Stork-billed Kingfisher. I was almost immediately lucky to spot one perched high in the canopy, but it...
by Thomas | Mar 6, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India
After the success of photographing the Collared Kingfisher at close quarters, I was returning to Barefoot ambling along the beach when I noticed some movement at the shrubs lining the beach. I walked closer to investigate and a Racket-tailed Drongo was perched...
by Thomas | Feb 21, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After photographing the Green Imperial Pigeon, I followed Sanjit’s tip and ventured to the rocky end of Radhanagar beach in Havelock in search of the Collared Kingfisher. Once I reached the area, I looked around for over thirty minutes, but could not spot any...
by Thomas | Feb 7, 2016 | Birds, Featured, Havelock Island, India, South India
After a full day’s rest, I headed out on my first birding trek at Barefoot resort in Havelock Island. About 15 minutes into the trek towards Niel’s Cove, I soon realized the weight of my arsenal, namely – my D700, 300mm f2.8 lens with 2x TC,...
