by Thomas | Jan 1, 2020 | Africa, Animals, Bandipur, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kenya, Maasai Mara, Nagarhole, South India, Tadoba
We wish all our readers a very Happy New Year! In this blog, we share our “Best Wildlife Experiences” of 2019. Maasai Mara, Kabini, Bandipur and Tadoba have been our favourite wildlife destinations and that’s probably why they are featured in this...
by Thomas | Aug 4, 2013 | Birds, India, Nagarhole
A Shikra is a raptor that is a widespread resident of both the Indian forests and cities. There are a couple of them living in my neighborhood in Bangalore who I had photographed and talked about in the previous post on Shikra. We saw the one featured in this post at...
by Thomas | May 26, 2013 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Nagarhole
We were on a morning safari in the Nagarhole national park when we sighted this small herd of Asiatic Elephants. There were actually three of them that were feeding in the open next to the safari track. As always, we requested the naturalist to take the vehicle to a...
by Thomas | May 19, 2013 | Birds, India, Nagarhole
We have been fortunate to observe and photograph the courtship dance of the Peacock a few times in the past. Nowadays, every time we see a Peacock, we intuitively switch off the vehicle engine and wait for a few minutes to see if it will perform the dance. In this...
by Thomas | Apr 14, 2013 | India, Nagarhole, Places
The first time I remember doing a boat safari in the Kabini backwaters was around 4-5 years back. I distinctly remember that it had rained so heavily that we had to anchor the boat close to the bank adjoining the Nagarhole national park till the rains...
by Thomas | Feb 10, 2013 | Birds, India, Nagarhole
We had just entered the Nagarhole national park while on a morning safari. And we saw a Peacock perched beautifully in the open. We immediately switched off the Jeep and rolled to a stop as close as possible to the Peacock. Fortunately for us, the Peacock did not...
by Thomas | Dec 16, 2012 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Nagarhole
We were on an exciting evening safari in the Nagarhole national park on the banks of the Kabini backwaters. The safari had begun beautifully with the sighting of the huge tusker that we wrote about in the post titled “Camouflaged Elephant”. Little did we...
by Thomas | Nov 25, 2012 | Animals, Endangered Species, India, Nagarhole
We were on an evening safari around the Kabini backwaters in the Nagarhole national park. As we were approaching the forest check post, our naturalist spotted a Tusker that was perfectly camouflaged in the Lantana bushes close to the road. While the Elephant was...
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 | Dec 4, 2011 | Animals, Bandipur, Endangered Species, India
The Indian Wild Dog commonly known as the Dhole is regarded as the most successful hunter amongst all wildlife in India, thanks to their ability to hunt as a pack. We have been fortunate to witness the rare spectacle of these pack hunters making a kill in Nagarhole...
