Crouching tourist, swimming tiger at Kabini
A swimming tiger! This was the first time in 4,000 safaris that the boat driver and the naturalist had seen a tiger in the water in Kabini Continue reading Crouching tourist, swimming tiger at Kabini
A swimming tiger! This was the first time in 4,000 safaris that the boat driver and the naturalist had seen a tiger in the water in Kabini Continue reading Crouching tourist, swimming tiger at Kabini
Wisdom and musings from a 50-minute encounter with a leopard in Nagarahole
Continue reading Prying on a leopard – Panthera pardon us!
Confusing a mongoose for a fox isn’t an act of uninformed stupidity. It means something is amiss with your Semantic Network Continue reading Outfoxed by a Mongoose in the cognitive maze
A White-bellied Sea Eagle won’t make that astronomical push without a gastronomical pull and this one had no apparent interest in playing the avian Sisyphus. Continue reading A White-bellied Sea Eagle fishes for compliments
No, we didn’t see the tiger at Bhadra this summer. But nature’s cornucopia overflowed with bird sightings. And yes, a pack of Dhole. Carnivore – check! Continue reading Trip List – When Bhadra doled out a Dhole
Christmas day, I took out my socks and found my car keys inside. I took it as a portent and headed out birding Continue reading Christmas Day birding on a lark
They say a window of opportunity seldom presents itself twice. Yet, this White-cheeked Barbet seemed to be sitting on one Continue reading A barbet and a window of opportunity
Is a kingfisher’s hard-earned meal tastier than something that came by easy? That’s some food for thought Continue reading Food for thought
The goose was headed for the bar, as it were. Or, at least that’s how some understood it. Never take a bird’s name too literally – and other wisdom from interacting with non-birders. Continue reading Will a goose by any other name…
Looking at the reflection of a Little Egret in Kabini revealed clues to its future marital eligibility Continue reading A Little Egret’s moment of reflection
I remembered a little affront I heaped at the mighty mountains when I landed at Aut. Taking a reel out of Apollo 13, I mimicked the scene where Jim Lowell covers the moon with his thumb and looked at a peak far away, murmuring, “As tall as my thumb.” Anand Yegnaswami reflects on his trek in the Great Himalayan National Park, one year later. Continue reading When a rookie walks the Himalaya
Winter’s officially out the door, but we still entertain memories of a January morning in Bharatpur amid winged angels and wicked vandals Accompanied by the creaking of the cycle rickshaw’s suspension, the eerie silhouettes created by the dense fog eclipsing … Continue reading Nature’s palette at Birdpur
Journeying in another Green Ogre’s footsteps, this wild crane chase off the beaten track culminated in an immensely rewarding avian spectacle. The Demoiselles of Khichan are alive and well, and numerous and beautiful as ever! The Demoiselles of Khichan Heading … Continue reading What’s cooking in Khichan?
Concluding Anand Yegnaswami’s sojourn in Alaska, this episode sees him face to face with a Grizzly and learning something new about the gender of Santa’s red-nosed reindeer Refreshed from a rather uneventful third day of our trip we emerged from our … Continue reading A ramble through Alaska – Portage Glacier, Anchorage
A birding spree from Mudumalai to Masinagudi and Theppekadu to Ooty Continue reading A jaunt across Mudumalai – Trip Report