Sunset
Dusty trails
A jackal crosses our path
And makes a quick getaway
A herd of sambhar deer - the largest deer species in the world
Apt for many return empty handed from the tiger country
Straining for a glimpse
The rest after the strain
The old man gets pensive
Sunlight streams in!
A tree in the throes of death courtesy the strangler vine--the slowest possible death
A sambhar crosses as a langur looks on
Haathi mere saathi
Now you know who is bigger in size
Mummy and baby
Another huge male
Shesh shaiya at the bandhavgarh fort - reclining Vishnu
Shiv Ling
A kingfisher doing its daily prayers at shesh shaiya
A pond at the top of Bandhavgarh fort
A tiger kill spot- a tiger had killed a sambhar just the previous night, notice the blood stains, the sambhar poop(out of fear of death) and the flattened grass...priceless
A fresh sambhar kill was lying in the vicinity of this lake ..and possibly a lurking tiger
The kill area - the flattened grass gives clues as to the direction in which the carcass was dragged
3 monkeys
afternoon sun
The bandhavgarh fort from afay- we climbed that hill!
Bats - look at the flying one on the left
The original batcave
This one was coming straight for me
The setting sun
Hira - the baby elephant chasing antara and MD. Hmm..wonder why??
Hira-running back to mommy
Tiger atop a hill
Serpent eagle with a serpent
The jungle had soooo much more to offer than just the tiger
our first spotting at the end of our 9th and final safari---phew that was a relief
My pic of the century :)
She dashes away into the thicket
A grim vulture looks on
And then decides to make a quick exit
More bats = more guano = some really stinky poo
A machan
Tigress wading out of the water
The sun peeks out
The majestic serpent eagle
A mangy sambhar stag
The trails of the jungle
A jackal
A jackal with a kill
A sambhar stag and his harem - lucky son of a sambhar
What you starin' at cheeko!!
Please dont tell my wife about these 2 here....please!
The green bee eater - the little green pirates
The wise old stork
Luckily we werent disappointed at all :-)
The lapwing in its dancer like pose
Can get enough of those trails
Whoops...that was one fast deer
Slow down son...i need to get to the other side first
Sambhar female - notice no horns
Hira - the joker
Hira at his bashful best.
Running around
His royal highness ,the all conquering, the all feared
Just true perfection
The serpent eagle - with his piercing yellow eyes.
Sleeping tiger, hidden MD
Don't mess with me
The silhouette of a kingfisher
Some history
Vaman avtar conquering the 3 worlds
Kurma avatar
Varaha avatar
A white headed vulture
The eagle has landed
The fiery sun!
The tigress who gave us her darshan.
The tigress in the water...one helluva rare sight
The tigress and her reflection in the water :-)
The tigress mooning at us
Coming right at us
I told ya...RIGHT AT US!!
But then she saw us and decided it was best to step away
An off into the sunset
Into the thicket
Tiger grass
Roaming in her territory
The tigress moves away from us and performs her morning ablutions
speechless
White headed and king vultures
A king vulture
The ruler of the skies
A bat in its lair
A bluejay
A stork
A plum headed parakeet
