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 | Sep 13, 2020 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Kanha, Places
The beautiful and enchanting Sal forests of Kanha National Park make it one of the most picturesque National Parks of India. The feature picture above shows tourists headed into the park for a jeep safari. These Sal forests are home to the endangered Barasingha and...
by Thomas | Aug 9, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
This is the second part (you can read the first part here) of the sighting of the anxious sub-adult Tigress that we spotted in Kabini. When her calls weren’t answered by either her mother or siblings, the Tigress finally got up and walked off in the direction of...
by Thomas | Jul 19, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
This was our last safari of this particular visit to Kabini and we hoped to catch a glimpse of a Tiger. Our wishes were granted in abundance when we sighted a sub-adult Tigress sitting next to a tree. It was clear that she was missing her mother and her two siblings....
by Thomas | Feb 23, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
This post is in continuation from where we left off in the previous post where we sighted a Bengal Tigress during one of our afternoon safaris in Kabini. We had found her walking around nonchalantly, scent marking all along the way. And then somewhere she decided to...
by Thomas | Feb 2, 2020 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
We were on an afternoon game drive in Kabini backwaters when we got news that a Tiger has been spotted near the power lines area. We got to the location, as quickly as possible, and there she was walking towards us. We quickly reversed and turned the vehicle around so...
by Thomas | Jul 7, 2019 | Animals, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Nagarhole, South India
On this evening safari in Kabini, we got a tip that a Tiger had been sighted and that it was resting at a gorge within the Kabini Tiger Reserve. When we reached the location, the already parked queue of vehicles made any chance of photography impossible. However, we...
by Thomas | Mar 3, 2019 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Tadoba
This is a continuation of the previous post on Maya, the oldest and most popular Tigress in Tadoba National Park. We were one of the first vehicles to spot her during the few days that we were there. We saw her by the roadside and she just sat there while we...
by Thomas | Feb 10, 2019 | Animals, Central India, Endangered Species, Featured, India, Tadoba
This was my third trip to Tadoba in as many months and I have had some of the most amazing Tiger sightings. However the most popular Tigress, known as Maya, eluded me till now. I was on the last safari of this trip and lucky for me, Maya finally showed herself. And...
by Thomas | Jan 13, 2019 | Animals, Bandipur, Birds, Endangered Species, Featured, India, South India
Bandipur National Park is almost home considering the fact that it is less than 4 hours drive from Bangalore. On this trip to Bandipur, our first couple of safari yielded a rich harvest of bird portraits. Here are a few birds that caught our attention. The common...
