by Thomas | Nov 11, 2012 | Birds, Sri Lanka
We were on one of our morning safaris into the Yala national park in Sri Lanka on the lookout for another Leopard. We had been fortunate to have seen the elusive cat a few times already, however, we were still eager for more. We were treading slowly along the safari...
by Thomas | Aug 5, 2012 | Birds, India, Nagarhole
We were on a morning safari into the Kabini Wildlife Sanctuary in Nagarhole national park. We had quite a few sightings on the drive; a Peacock courtship dance, a Crested Hawk Eagle on the ground and a Malabar Trogon. It was one of the first times that we had spotted...
by Thomas | Aug 14, 2011 | Birds, India, Nagarhole
The Crested Hawk Eagle is one of the widespread raptors found in the Indian wilderness. We have been quite fortunate to photograph this bird of prey while it was in the middle of a hunt. During one of our safaris into the Nagarhole national park, we noticed this...
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 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 | Dec 21, 2008 | Birds, Endangered Species, India
We are off on a year-end vacation into the wilderness starting mid next week, hence this will be our last post for 2008. Here’s wishing all of you – “Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year”.In this post, we have put together a collection of...
by Thomas | Dec 1, 2008 | Bandipur, Birds, India
“The Fishing Guy” passed on the “Hot Blog Award” to us. We sincerely thank him for considering our blog worthy of this award and we dedicate this post to him as a gesture of our humble gratitude. The last time we passed on a blog award, some...
