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 | Aug 15, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were on our last safari of this trip in the Kabini backwaters of the Nagarhole National Park. Little were we aware that we would be ending our trip on a high. Many of us would have sighted a Spotted Deer mother with a suckling Fawn, however two Fawns suckling at...
by Thomas | Aug 1, 2021 | Animals, Birds, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
The Indian wilderness comes alive during the monsoons and Kabini backwaters is a great place to witness the vibrant lush green forests of India. Its also a time when you get to see huge herds of Chital or Spotted Deer and Chital stags with their gorgeous antlers. The...
by Thomas | Jul 18, 2021 | Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Within a few hours of patiently waiting, from the comfort of the balcony of one of the suites at Coorg Wilderness Resort, I was rewarded with some lovely pictures of these winged visitors. It was just that the perches they frequently perched on were a little distant...
by Thomas | Jul 11, 2021 | Animals, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
Spotted Deer, commonly known as Chital, are omnipresent in the Indian Wilderness and you get to see them in big herds by the Kabini Backwaters, in Nagarhole National Park. If you spend some time observing them, you might get rewarded with some amazing photo...
by Thomas | Jun 20, 2021 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
This Juvenile Malabar Whistling Thrush sat right outside my Suite in Coorg Wilderness Resort and kept calling for its parents. Fortunately it also gave me an opportunity to take enough and more pictures to make a portrait collection of his amazing whistler. Wow, what...
by Thomas | Jun 6, 2021 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
On this safari into Kabini Tiger Reserve, we spotted a pack of Wild Dogs. It was just three of them, an Alpha Male and Female and one other pack member. We first spotted the lone member running towards us right in the middle of the road and we stopped to look for the...
