Barking Deer
Orange-Headed Thrush
Woolly-Necked Stork
Brown Fish Owl
Crimson Sunbird
Macaque Monkey
Common Sparrow
Oriental Magpie Robin
Yellow Wagtail
King Cobra. This one was about 2-3 meters long. We passed from about a couple of feet away from this magnificent reptile which was basking in the sun next to a trail. By the time we could click any pictures, it had slithered away inside the undergrowth. King Cobras are usually black in color. Here the colors are fresh as the snake has just come out of hibernation.
Scarlet Minivet
Prinia
Streaked Laughingthrush
Chestnut Headed Bee-Eaters
Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
Long-Tailed Shrike
Plum-Headed Parakeet
Verditer Flycatcher
Jungle Fowl
A watch tower inside the Corbett National Park
A view of the Ramganga River that flows through Corbett National Park. This picture is from a point called Highbank.
Gharial spotted on the banks of the Ramganga River at Highbank.
A view of the Ramganga River from Highbank Point.
Another view of the Ramganga River from Highbank Point.
Common Myna
Small-Green Bee-Eater
A tiger walks out of the forest to the Ramganga.
Time to cool off.
Panthera Tigris
Sighting a tiger inside Corbett National Park is rare due to the reserve's vast size.
We saw this tiger on our second safari inside Corbett National Park. It was afternoon.
The tiger was about 50 meters away from us on the other bank of the Ramganga River.
We watched this tiger for about 30 minutes, till it walked back inside the dense forest.
Paradise Flycatcher
Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnus malabaricus)
Crested Serpent Eagle
Common Rosefinch
Small Green Bee-Eater
Gray-Headed Woodpecker
White-Breasted Kingfisher with noodles. This one had caught a baby snake.
River Lapwing
Pied Kingfisher
Crested Kingfisher
Brahminy Starling
Wild Boar
Chestnut-Headed Bee-Eater
Rufous Woodpecker
Malabar Gray Hornbill
Malabar Pied Hornbill
Changeable Hawk-Eagle
Changeable Hawk-Eagle with its prey
Kalij Pheasant
Golden Oriole
Crested Kingfishers
Chestnut-Tailed Starlings
Scarlet Minivet (male and female)
Brown-Headed Barbet
Yellow-Legged Green Pigeon
Long-Billed Pipit
Pied Kingfisher with its catch
Shama Bird
Red-Necked Vulture
Red Turtle Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica), also known as the Red Collared Dove
Black Francolin Partridge
The ghosts of Corbett National Park
Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus). This is an endangered species.
The bulbous growth on the tip of the male's snout is called a 'ghara' (meaning 'pot'), present in mature reptiles. Hence the name.
A crocodile and a gharial bask on the banks of the Ramganga River.
Ramganga River.
Bar-Headed Goose
Common Plover
A Crested Serpent Eagle takes flight
Sambhar
Black Drongo
Langur. This one threatened to attack us.
Langurs
Indian Roller
A solitary elephant walks through a forest line. The elephant herd was about a couple of Kms away inside the forest.
Wild elephant
It turned out to be a female elephant. Solitary male elephants are considered to be dangerous.
Though even females are known to have charged and overturned vehicles.
Later we came to know that a Canter had been charged by a wild elephant.
This female was magnificent. It kept walking in a straight line towards our vehicle.
Till we decided to move out of its way.
She finally passed about 10 feet behind our vehicle.
Spotted Dove
Cheetals across the trail inside Corbett National Park
Cheetal
White-Capped Water Redstart
Spangled Drongo
Pied Bushchat (female)
Pied Bushchat
Jim Corbett. This statue is opposite the museum at the Dhikala Gate.
