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| Early Morning Fog |
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| Reflections |
When the sun comes out with its golden wings, the light traverse through the dense forest making it a superb sight...
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| Sun Rays |
The vehicle passing through the fog and dust in the golden sun rays asks me to click again and again.
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| iCampers Gypsy |
Some roads are so amazing that you cant keep your camera off for longer..
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| Jamun Bodi |
Even a travel on a tar road on the open top vehicle would also be a fun
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| Early Morning Ride |
Sun sets and moon rise are also majestic inside the jungle.
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| Sun Set at Tadoba Lake |
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| Moon Rise |
Some older wooden constructions also make the scene photogenic.
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| मचाण |
Then comes the birds. The jungle has to offer a huge number of birds species that you can get tired of counting. My daughter Shreya, is always with her pen and pad to jot down the birds seen in the camp. Here is the list of birds we saw in this camp
- House crow
- Green bee eater
- Great tit
- Purple sunbird
- Tailor bird
- Bush chat
- Dusky crag martin
- Black drongo
- Indian roller
- Cattle egret
- Barn swallow
- Wire tailed swallow
- Long tailed shrike
- Rudyshell duck
- Spot billed duck
- Little cormorant
- Rock pigeon
- Shikra
- White breasted kingfisher
- Black winged kite
- House swallow
- Red avadavat
- House sparrow
- Pond heron
- Rose ringed parakeet
- Spotted dove
- Laughing dove
- Jungle babbler
- Magpie robin
- Rufous treepie
- Red wattled lapwing
- Yellow wagtail
- Rock bush quill
- Yellow footed green pigeon
- Little egret
- Black headed ibis
- Peacock
- Intermediate egret
- Oriental honey buzzard
- Red collard dove
- Ashy prinia
- Grey headed fish eagle
- Bronze winged jacana
- Marsh harrier
- Jungle crow
- Black rumped flameback
- Jack snipe
- Common kingfisher
- Plum headed parakeet
- Alexandrian parakeet
- White cheeked barbet
- Black hooded oriole
- Red breasted flycatcher
- Sikeers malkoha
- Crested serpent eagle
- Grey heron
- Oriental darter
- Tikkell's blue flycatcher
- Bramhiny starling
- White eyed buzzard
- Grey jungle fowl
- Coppersmith barbet
- White bellied drongo
- Asia paradise flycatcher
- White browed fantail
- Black redstart
- Black kite
- Oriental turtle dove
- Osprey
- Lesser whistling ducks
Not all were photographed, but there were few I could catch in my camera.
The Maharashtra state bird, "Yellow Footed Green Pigeon" (हरियाल ) were making the bare tree alive with their movements.
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| Yellow Footed Green Pigeon |
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| Awkward Moments |
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| In Golden Sunlight |
Some raptors also show up with their supreme vision on the branch of the tall trees.
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| Grey Headed Fish Eagle |
Water birds were adding to the beauty of the water bodies..
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| Snipe |
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| Bronze Winged Jacana - Check my foot |
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| Black Ibis |
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| Taking Off |
Parakeets also showed up their existence with their tweets and quick flights. And at times you are not sure what you are going to witness!!
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| Plum Headed Parakeet Male |
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| Rose Ring Parakeet - Love in the air |
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| Rufous Treepie |
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| Id? |
Even after capturing the little green bee-eaters for so many times, every time we see it, my cam clicks it.
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| Little Green Bee-eater |
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| Little Green Bee-eater |
Woodpeckers and Barbets also showed up their beaks on the tall trees
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| Flameback Woodpecker |
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| Coppersmith Barbet |
Most common birds also shine in the golden light
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| Magpie Robin |
After birds there are insects to grab your attention in the wild. The giant wood spiders are seen in plenty on their huge webs. They are generally found in winters only in these jungles. Females are bigger in size and makes as big as 25-40 sq ft webs
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| Giant Wood Spider |
Then comes the mammals. In winter the babies are too small and are taken care by the mothers. Clicking the shots of this parenthood is also experience in itself.
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| My baby |
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| Herds at Tadoba Lake |
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| Royal Stag |
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| Injured Sambar Deer |
Above all things do add lot of fun to the wildlife camp. And if you have the group like this you dont really need anything else!! The below group photo is clicked by artistic photographer Mukul!! With his permission I am adding this to my blog. This time the mighty German Shepard also made it to the frame!!
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| My Gang |
As a group we enjoyed a lot. Pakoda and tea post the evening ride was enjoyed before the bigger party at night. We had lot of chats, jokes at the campfire in the night. Children sung songs and poems and were cheered by the elders. Nagpur special गावरान सौजी Chicken made all the non-vegetarian crowd to cheer for...
With all these things to offer, if your luck is better even the big cats do show up. This time I saw 2 big cats but not for photos as they were just ignorant about our existence in their dens. The big male Gabbar was dead asleep when we saw him and decided not to wake up for more than 30 mins. We waited on the site, but there were no signs he getting upon his feet!! Finally we took a record shot and said adieu to try our luck on other locations.
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| Gabbar Male Tiger Dead asleep |
The mother of 2 cubs also crossed the road in hurry and did not give me any time to focus. Nevertheless seeing the big cat is icing on the cake..
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| P1 with GPS collar - out of focus |
Some of us were so lucky to see the tiger for more than 40 minuets and that too from so close that they clicked the full frame shots from their mobile phones
If you are luckier enough, the spotted beauty also shows up. This time when we were doing some bird watching from our gypsy the female leopard came from the woods and started walking on the road. We followed here for a minute. I was able to catch her in my camera but she refused to turn back. Almost 1 min of following her, she showed her dislike and turned back. 2-3 seconds of time was offered to catch her in cam. I somehow tried to click in hurry to get head shot. Immediately after seeing us, she changed her path and entered into the thick bush and disappeared. But those 2 minuets were worth the whole ride!!
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| Cat Walk |
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| Eye to eye |
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| Nose to Tail |
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