Adventures Into The Wild

Part two of images from the hide Coppersmith Barbet Coppersmith Barbet Coppersmith Barbet Coppersmith Barbet Oriental white-eye White-browed bulbul

The weekend before school started my father and I visited a bird hide close to Bangalore which has a wide variety of birds and reptiles. The hide is close to my house and hardly took an hour and a half to reach. The hide is on barren land, a part of which was converted by the owner into the hide.This sort of photography was a new and interesting experience for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We saw over fifteen species of birds in the two and a half hours we spent over there. The area around the hide has a rain fed river because of which  birds like the Jerdon's Leafbird and the Coppersmith Barbet visit the hide. The hide allowed me to practice my photography skills in a controlled environment. Yellow-Billed Babbler  White-browed bulbul Indian   Chameleon Spotted Dove Coppersmith Barbet Jerdon's Leafbird 

Jungle Bush Quail Water Hen Oriental White Eyed  White-Rumped Munia Scaly-Breasted Munia Yellow Eyed Babbler

Scenery  Scenery 

I recently visited Nainital for four days and during that visit I went to Sattal on two mornings and saw the following birds. Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher  Blue Whistling Thrush Verditer flycatcher Ashy Bulbul White-Throated Fantail Blue Whistling Thrush White Throated Laughing thrush Verditer flycatcher   Red-billed Leiothrix (Peking Robin)

Listed below are articles I have found interesting and wanted to share it with you guys. I will continue to update this page with articles I find interesting. Lantana in India a losing battle The leopards of Mumbai Roads emerging as a critical  threat to leopards in India Human tiger conflict cause consequence and mitigation

An event was the first of a series of  events set up by the Jala Poshan team at Jakkur lake .  " Jala Tarang" is a series of events at the Jakkur Lake.  The main aim of the event was to raise awareness of the lake and  celebrate the pride of Lake/Wetland as a National Resource  . At the lake many events were held such as kite making , rangoli  and a drawing competition . There were people teaching the villagers and residents of the apartments surrounding the lake about wet waste composting. A  women's  group even came and shared with the visitors about eco friendly  recyclable bag.   Flyer Model of the lake Key to the model Number of cars outside the lake gate  Lake water shimmering in the light Cycler                 Drawing competition Drawing competition Distribution of breakfast  Sign Exposing how wet waste recycling works Tractor Distribution of bannana Poetry  Rangoli Rangoli  

Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary This is one of the few parks where for the first few days I saw more tigers than any other animals. The park has four gates : Gothangaon, Kharandla, Pauni and Pullar. I have been to only two of them namely  Gothangaon and  Kharandla . In total we saw five tigers.  We saw two tigers and a leopard at Gothangaon and three tigers at Kharandla . Most of the tigers in the park are of some relation to the parks dominant male tiger Jay. Jay is not orignally from the park but rather he has migrated from the tourism zone of  Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve. This was quite feat as he had to cross roads, highways and even railway lines to reach the park. Jay is not shy of people and doesn't  even move for cars. .He is a very large tiger and some claim him to be the biggest in India. I how ever do not know if this is true.