by Thomas | Oct 1, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Birds, Featured, Kenya
After the hair-raising close encounter with the African Elephant, this game drive through Amboseli National Park quickly turned into a amazing birding safari. We saw a Hadeda Ibis (below) not far away from the road. But the highlight of this post is the Pied...
by Thomas | Aug 20, 2017 | Africa, Amboseli, Animals, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, Kenya
While we titled this post after the beautiful Pink-backed Pelican that we spotted in Amboseli National Park, I could not take my eyes of the majestic Tusker that we saw non-chalantly grazing by the roadside in knee-deep swamp. Hence we made it the feature image (first...
by Thomas | Nov 20, 2016 | Birds, Featured, India, North India, Ranthambore
Today turned out to be a day of birding in Ranthambore National Park since we did not see any animals other than few Sambar Deer. Sometimes the magic of light and shadows turns a common subject into a beautiful composition. This is exactly what happened with this...
by Thomas | Jun 27, 2010 | Bangalore, Birds, India
The Purple Heron in our humble perception is the most shy of all Herons that we have photographed till date. While we have seen these birds many a times, getting close enough to get good images has always been challenging.Purple Herons are widespread resident and...
by Thomas | Sep 20, 2009 | Birds, India, Ranganathittu
A wide species of Herons are found in India. However, till date we have been able to photograph four members of the Heron family. The Grey Heron is a winter visitor and a widespread resident in India. They are closely related to the American Great Blue Heron and the...