by Thomas | May 29, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The sighting of the pair of Malabar Grey Hornbills, captured in the previous post was our best sighting of this species. We thought that there would be nothing to beat that sighting, but to our surprise our patience to continue photographing well into the evening paid...
by Thomas | May 22, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The trip to Coorg Wilderness Resort in Madikeri got a whole lot more interesting with this spectacular find. The resident naturalist at the resort had spotted a pair of Malabar Grey Hornbills that were preparing a nesting site on a tree that wasn’t too far from...
by Thomas | May 15, 2022 | Animals, Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Birding at Coorg Wilderness Resort is always exciting and rewarding, especially when one can photograph from the luxury of the valley-view Suites at CWR. This time around my arm chair photography yielded some nice frames. Enjoy !
by Thomas | May 8, 2022 | Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
The Southern Hill Myna is one of those bird species that is almost always heard in the Western Ghats, but not seen that much and photographed even lesser. We were fortunate to see them from the comforts of our suite at Coorg Wilderness Resort. This is probably one of...
by Thomas | May 1, 2022 | Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
This evening happened to be the best birding session that I have had at Coorg Wilderness Resort (CWR). What makes this session extraordinary is that we spotted five different species of birds in under fifteen minutes. And the icing on the cake is that each of these...
by Thomas | Apr 24, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
Today was another productive day of birding at Coorg Wilderness Resort (CWR). Like I mentioned before, one just has to sit in the balcony of the luxurious suite of CWR and take in the glorious valley view. And birds will come calling at regular intervals. Here’s...
by Thomas | Apr 17, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
We have seen the Vernal Hanging Parrot an infinite number of times during our various escapades to the Indian wilderness. However our attempts to photograph them were unsuccessful, until we saw these tiny wonders feasting on the fruiting trees at Coorg Wilderness...
by Thomas | Apr 10, 2022 | Birds, Featured, India, Madikeri, South India
We take you once again to the secret luxury birding haven called Coorg Wilderness Resort tucked away in the town of Madikeri, Coorg, Karnataka. Let me tell you that Coorg Wilderness Resort (CWR) always has a pleasant surprise waiting for you. Soon after we checked...
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 | 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...
