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...
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 | 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...
