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Grey-headed Kingfishers of Amboseli National Park

Grey-headed Kingfishers of Amboseli National Park

by Thomas | May 28, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Birds, Featured, Kenya

The last bird that I photographed on the very first game drive in Amboseli was the Grey-headed Kingfisher. I had spotted this bird just behind my room at the lodge. It was then that my driver and guide pointed out that the lodge was indeed the best place to photograph...
Malachite Kingfisher in Amboseli National Park

Malachite Kingfisher in Amboseli National Park

by Thomas | May 14, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya

The huge swamps of the Amboseli National Park attract many species of birds and we saw numerous birds and photographed a handful of them. The most beautiful of all the birds we photographed was the Malachite Kingfisher, no wonder it made it as the feature picture even...
Eye to Eye with a Brown Snake-Eagle in Maasai Mara

Eye to Eye with a Brown Snake-Eagle in Maasai Mara

by Thomas | Sep 25, 2016 | Africa, Birds, Featured, Kenya, Maasai Mara

We wanted to do justice to the birds of Maasai Mara with this post comprising of some crisp portraits of the Avian species found there. First on our list is the Brown Snake-eagle that we spotted as we headed out on one morning safari. The golden morning light seemed...
Emerald Dove at Barefoot – a birding paradise

Emerald Dove at Barefoot – a birding paradise

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...
Caught red-handed at Barefoot: Green Imperial Pigeons

Caught red-handed at Barefoot: Green Imperial Pigeons

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...
Scouting for breakfast with a Minivet couple in Havelock Island

Scouting for breakfast with a Minivet couple in Havelock Island

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...
Friendly Collared Kingfishers of Neil’s Cove – Havelock Island

Friendly Collared Kingfishers of Neil’s Cove – Havelock Island

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...
Black-naped Monarch at Barefoot – a birding paradise

Black-naped Monarch at Barefoot – a birding paradise

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...
Birding at Niel’s Cove in Havelock Island

Birding at Niel’s Cove in Havelock Island

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...
Portraits of a Racket-tailed Drongo in Havelock Island

Portraits of a Racket-tailed Drongo in Havelock Island

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...
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