Post card from Bandipur

Last weekend we made a quick dash to Bandipur hoping to see Gauri & its four cubs. There's always an excitement before you go for any trip and more so in case of visit to any Wildlife sanctuaries. That child-like excitement is what drives many of us into the wild. And this trip didn't disappoint us, as the last safari we got to see a glimpse of a Leopard.For Rakesh/Prema/Praveer and the kids, this was their first sight of Leopard. Though we couldn't get a chance to photograph them, it still lightened up our mood.

Images from Ranganathittu

Thanks to our team outing, we'd a chance to visit Nagarahole & Ranganathittu. I've finally started processing some of them & here are couple to start with.

Old ones from Bharathpur

It's been a while since I processed my older images. Perhaps caught up with too much work and I've not planned it well. Hopefully I'll be more regular now. Here are some of the shots from my visit to the one-n-only Keolodeo National Park at Bharathpur

Eravikulam Sanctuary

This is one sanctuary that I should visit many times over in every season. The colors that it offers is amazing to see. Here is a Nilgiri Thar that just showed up at a distance during the evening.



While returning from Munnar, Nanda spotted this Malabar Giant Squirrel right beside the road. Before the incoming traffic could disturb it, it gave few glimpses of its beauty.

Postcard from God's Own Country

Our visit to Munnar & Thekkady during Dasara was awesome. It was very relaxing & refreshing. See a detailed trip report from Nanda here

It's a heaven for landscapes. Here are some of the images from the trip.

Visit to Bannerghatta NP

Thanks to Dinesh & our own initiative from MindTree foundation, I got a chance to see all the areas (so called "core")of Bannerghatta NP today. We have plans of putting up D/N PTZ Cameras at about 50 watch towers inside the park. And I've got the onus to get the complete system up from the surveillance perspective. Ah, talk about passion & work coming together!! This certainly was an exciting day. Here are couple of shots from the visit. I'll post a detailed report soon.

Patterns

Two black bucks retreated as soon as I was driving into their territory, despite the fact that I was more than 100m away. This gave me an opportunity to look for interesting patterns. Here is one of those

Journey Ahead

Couple of weeks back me, Nanda & Gargi made a quick visit to Maidanahalli. This is an amazing place for Blackbucks & Raptors. In two sessions we saw black bucks sparring, an indian fox stalking for a black buck fawn and short toed snake eagle & montagu harriers. Here is the first from the series

Some more images from last day of 2009

Here are some more images

Last day of birding for 2009

It's been almost a year since I went to Hesaraghatta & I decided to end the year 2009 by making a visit to Hesaraghatta lake. Pandith & Abhijit joined me. It was their first visit to Hesaraghatta & no one returns empty handed from this place! It's just amazing how many variety of birds are around this place. I'm yet to identify this raptor. It looks like a Marsh Harrier to me. Do confirm if you know.