by Thomas | Feb 21, 2010 | Birds, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga
The Pallas’s Fish-Eagle is a rare species of Eagle found in Northern India. As a result of widespread loss, degradation, and disturbance of wetlands and breeding sites throughout its range, the population of Pallas’s Fish-Eagle is declining and their...
by Thomas | Jan 31, 2010 | Birds, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga
We came across this Rhino carcass, a week or so old, during our first safari into the eastern range of the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary. The carcass had been stripped to the bone by the wildlife around there, especially the vultures. And when we reached the site, we...
by Thomas | Jan 24, 2010 | Birds, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga
The Grey-headed Fish Eagle is a forest dwelling raptor and as the name goes, it is known to be a specialist fish eater. It is a widespread local resident in most parts of Southern Asia. Although widely distributed, it’s population is declining due to the loss of...
by Thomas | Jan 3, 2010 | Birds, India, Kaziranga
Here’s wishing all of you a very happy 2010.The first post of this year is based on an amazing sighting of the fastest animal in the world – The Peregrine Falcon, a widespread resident and winter visitor to India.. This was our first trip to the Kaziranga...
by Thomas | Dec 20, 2009 | Bandipur, Birds, India
We have seen the Crested / Changeable Hawk Eagle (CHE) many times in the Indian wilderness and every sighting has provided some beautiful photo opportunities. We put together many of our sightings in our first post here. Our second post to include a CHE was in the...
by Thomas | Jul 19, 2009 | Birds, India
Latest update on Great Driving Challenge contest – The Top 12 list was announced on 23rd July. We made it to the Top 12. A big thank you to all our blogger friends. We appreciate your support. Having photographed many bird species, we can surely say that, for...
by Thomas | Jul 5, 2009 | Bandipur, Birds, India
The Crested /Changeable Hawk Eagle (CHE) is a raptor that is widespread resident in India. As we had mentioned in one of our earlier posts, its a shy Bird of preyand rarely sits in an open perch . In our opinion a wild CHE will allow you as close as 30-50 feet, before...
by Thomas | Apr 19, 2009 | Bangalore, Birds, India
Pacey of Today’s Blah gave us the “Talented blog award”. You can see the award posted in the sidebar. Thank you Pacey for your generosity and we dedicate this post to you as a humble gesture of our friendship. Black Kite is a medium sized raptor and...
by Thomas | Mar 22, 2009 | Bangalore, Birds, India
Last time we went to Hesserghatta near Bangalore, we got our very first images of the Common Kestrel (Female). You can view that post here. This time around we were fortunate to photograph many bird species, thanks to getting there on time. And one of the prized...
by Thomas | Mar 8, 2009 | Birds, India, Nagarhole
This has been a lucky week for us; two of our friends from the blogging community passed on awards to us. Tom – “The fishing guy” who is recovering from Angioplasty operation gave us the ‘Friends’ award to us. Chris, an avid wildlife photographer passed on...
