Jayamangali Black Buck Reserve was a long pending trip on my wishlist. Day just came as Deepa Mohan initiated a day trip & I confirmed immediately. Jayamangali (formerly called as Maidanahalli) is in Madhugiri taluk, Tumkur district of Karnataka. This place is appox 140Kms from Bangalore where availability of food & drinking water is absolutely
READ MOREPrakruti Creations led by Mr.B.Srinivas & Mr.H.V.Praveen Kumar both from YPS Bangalore arranged a 3Day Nature Photography Workshop at Bandipur Karnataka from 21st-23rd July 2011 & stay was at the very best Jungle Lodges Bandipur 🙂 . We all left Bangalore at 6:30 in morning, had breakfast at Ramanagara & reached JLR campus at around
READ MOREAll small shrine is maintained at ARRS Campus where Snake god (Nagappa – in kannada) is worshipped King Cobra -Female Malabar Pit Viper. Green Vine Snake. Hill Keelback (Shredding time so the eyes looks blurred with the extra skin covered) Calotes Calotes Cicada. Mayfly. Giant Stick Insect Fulgoridae | Kalidasa nigromaculata Cricket Insect Damselfly
READ MOREAgumbe has many species of amphibians & I always wanted to photograph the charismatic Malabar Flying Frog & Draco (Malabar flying lizard), unfortunately i dint get any photos of Dracos as it usually comes out during sunshine but our three days were wet & pouring :). Malabar Gliding Frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) Amboli Bush Frog Leaping
READ MOREIt was a three day photography tour at Agumbe, the first day ended up meeting & rescuing the King. Second & third day was full of life as we found many species of Insects, Amphibians & Snakes . Agumbe rain forest is the perfect example for bio-diversity & is alive every minute, I would say
READ MOREVisiting Agumbe was always on my wish list & monsoon is the best time to visit. Darter led by Shreeram was conducting a photography tour at Agumbe & I confirmed my participation. This tour was accompanied with famous Herpetologist and Rain forest expert Gowri Shankar who had featured in ‘The King and I’ and ‘Secrets
READ MORETook the early morning flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok , bargained a cab to Kaeng Krachan National Park at the Bangkok airport, Its a 3hr drive from Bangkok to this place. We also briefed the cab driver to cover Laem Pak Bia on way to Kaeng Krachan , Laem pak Bia is a good
READ MOREThailand is a best place for photography, be it temples, landscapes , people or nature. It was a last minute sketch to do bird photography in thailand. One of my friend Mr.Lean Yen Loong from Oriental Bird Club hinted some pro & cons for bird photography in exotic kingdom of thailand. Prior to travel I
READ MORER A N T H A M B H O R E N A T I O N A L P A R K The Ranthambhore National Park, which is a part of the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, lies in the Sawai Madhopur district of eastern Rajasthan. The Chambal river forms a natural boundary of the
READ MOREThis is the first trip to Masinagudi & Madhumalai forest located in the border of Karnataka and TamilNadu. As usual, I being the first person to initiate any wildlife place in our group, googled places and also asked reviews on net for stay & birding opportunity around Masinagudi. So, started to check for accommodation in
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