by Thomas | Nov 1, 2020 | Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
On one of our drives into Bandipur National Park, we spotted this male Shikra next to a waterhole. It should have come by to quench its thirst and gave us a few minutes to get a couple of pictures, before it flew away. The Grey-backed Shrike was an accidental catch. I...
by Thomas | Dec 26, 2010 | Birds, Corbett, Endangered Species, India
Wishing all our blogger friends Happy Holidays We hope that through this four-part series we were able to give you a glimpse of Corbett National Park as a birding paradise. As we were leaving, we vowed that we would be back there soon as there are so many more species...
by Thomas | Mar 28, 2010 | Birds, Endangered Species, India, Kaziranga
Since January we have been sharing with you our wildlife experiences from our first visit to the Nameri and Kaziranga wildlife sanctuaries in North East India. As mentioned in a few of our earlier posts, this part of India is home to some beautiful species of birds...
by Thomas | Jan 17, 2010 | Birds, India, Kaziranga
The Grey-backed shrike is a resident and winter visitor to North and North Eastern parts of India. It is common to see them perched on tall grass and bushes, constantly looking out for moving prey – primarily insects, lizards etc. Because of this behaviour of...
