Bear Tiger confrontation – 10 pics that tell a story
9th April 2011. In the morning safari some jeeps saw a pair of tigers walking form zone 1 of the Ranthambhore national park towards the Kalapani anicut in Zone 6. In the evening I booked a jeep for zone 6 and we found the mating tigers (T24 male and T39 female – both young adults) [...]
Little Bittern sighted in Ranthambhore national park on 22/23 May 2010
A Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) was sighted and photographed for the first time in the plains of India. A keen birder from Delhi Wing Commander Vijay Sethi photographed it on the 22nd and 23rd May 2010. He found the bird near Malik Talao in the heart of the park. He was accompanied by local naturalist [...]
Machali – 12 years old, an award winner and fighting fit
On the 24th of April 2009, Machali (Ranthambhore’s most famous tigress) and B2 (Bandhavgarh’s most famous tiger) were given a “life time achievement award” by TOFT in Delhi. TOFT or Travel Operators for Tigers is a pressure group of Travel Operators (http://www.toftindia.org/index.php), Destination management companies and Accommodation providers who aim to make wildlife tourism in [...]
Persian Dwarf Sand Gecko
In the end of September 2007 Doctor Dharmendra Khandal – the Field Biologist of Tiger Watch – went on a tour of the Thar desert in Rajasthan with a few of his friends. I could not join them because that is the time we have to start getting out Lodge in Ranthambore – The Ranthambhore [...]
How many tigers are there in Ranthambore
What’s the toughest question to answer in Ranthambhore? You guessed it right. It is – How many tigers are there in Ranthambhore? Tigers by their very nature are elusive and are not the easiest animals to find. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to get their exact numbers in any wild area, specially in [...]